# Emotional Health **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-share/emotional-health/27.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Feeling misunderstood by my doctor](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/feeling-misunderstood-by-my-doctor/6290)
**Author:** [@LarissaW](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LarissaW)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/feeling-misunderstood-by-my-doctor/6290 "2019-02-05T20:52:49Z")
I just left my eye doctor appointment sobbing from the conversation with the head opthomalogist of the practice. He was trying to push corrective LASIK laser eye surgery and honestly I just wasn’t interested and was unde… --- ## [Daughter to meet with social worker at endo appt today!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daughter-to-meet-with-social-worker-at-endo-appt-today/4751)
**Author:** [@sahmcolorado](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sahmcolorado)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daughter-to-meet-with-social-worker-at-endo-appt-today/4751 "2018-08-16T21:31:46Z")
My 12 yr old daughter has her endo appointment today. With all of her recent challenges, we are very hopeful to get some help with her pump settings. We are also interested in getting her some training and support as … --- ## [Overthinking, Over-controlling BG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/overthinking-over-controlling-bg/4624)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/overthinking-over-controlling-bg/4624 "2018-08-02T05:57:01Z")
Have any FUDers ever found themselves going through periods of overthinking or over-controlling your T1D and BG? When I am on solo duty with my kids, I find any unforeseen trend or number to be much more significant tha… --- ## [Some days](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/some-days/3881)
**Author:** [@ned](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ned)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/some-days/3881 "2018-06-05T01:05:09Z")
Some days I wonder how I literally survived without an insulin pump and a CGM. When I was diagnosed in the mid-1990s, the doctor gave me a syringe and showed me how to inject saline into an organge. “Okay, well just do … --- ## [Family time = good food association](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/family-time-good-food-association/2299)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/family-time-good-food-association/2299 "2017-10-10T05:51:29Z")
I know this site is all about being unlimited, and I AM working toward trying to dose correctly to enjoy more foods, but the balance is really hard, especially when it comes to spending time with my family. My family is … --- ## ["Accepting" diabetes: I don't buy it](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accepting-diabetes-i-dont-buy-it/2148)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accepting-diabetes-i-dont-buy-it/2148 "2017-09-26T23:47:48Z")
I recently read an amazing statement by @SLEE: Acceptance, I never really accepted the disease, I don’t accept diabetes as my identity, what I do accept are the things I must do, what I must do to live a happy existenc… --- ## [Our latest endo visit today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-latest-endo-visit-today/1968)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-latest-endo-visit-today/1968 "2017-09-13T20:12:21Z")
It’s like a meeting with the Big Bad Wolf for all of us, isn’t it? We had our visit this morning, and I always dread it. It is amazing how what we all get in these visits is almost completely negative feedback. Ours did… --- ## [How to get past the "don't care" days?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-get-past-the-dont-care-days/1878)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-get-past-the-dont-care-days/1878 "2017-09-08T03:31:22Z")
So I’m still testing, I’m still dosing as best I know how and eating how I’ve been eating, but I’m not recording anything (I’m usually a meticulous record keeper), and I just don’t care about it. I don’t want to do it, d… --- ## [What Are Some of The Things That Frustrate You Most About Being (or caring for) D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-some-of-the-things-that-frustrate-you-most-about-being-or-caring-for-d/1574)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-some-of-the-things-that-frustrate-you-most-about-being-or-caring-for-d/1574 "2017-09-07T17:01:10Z")
i want to live a life Unlimited by D. i have found that there are so many things that feel and seem like i can’t do. i am learning daily on this incredible site, that i truly can live a life Unlimited, however, there are… --- ## [I get so angry](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-get-so-angry/1143)
**Author:** [@Shelby](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Shelby)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-get-so-angry/1143 "2017-06-07T23:17:02Z")
Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by all the "stuff" that comes along with being diabetic. Also heart problems,all the pills for that,the shot of insulin. But then I realize how blessed I am with a patient loving family. S… --- ## [Fear of Foods & BG Control](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fear-of-foods-bg-control/990)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fear-of-foods-bg-control/990 "2017-05-21T21:34:23Z")
for so long, i have wondered if i am alone in this predicament; so, i thought i would start a thread and ask if anyone understands what i feel, what they have done about it, and how they have achieved their success. i … --- ## [The feeling inside a well-controlled child with diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-feeling-inside-a-well-controlled-child-with-diabetes/975)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-feeling-inside-a-well-controlled-child-with-diabetes/975 "2017-05-19T20:57:33Z")
I still have days when having diabetes makes me angry and sad and days where I’m just enormously tired of this never ending disease. But 25 years on, I’m no longer in denial and I’ve accepted who I am. It’s even possi… --- ## [Person-first language: I have diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/person-first-language-i-have-diabetes/441)
**Author:** [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/person-first-language-i-have-diabetes/441 "2017-04-23T17:07:17Z")
Having a daughter with special needs has taught me so much. It's not all fun (most of it isn't), but it has forced me to pause and reconsider much about the way I navigate the world--and especially how she does. At almos… --- ## [Paging Dr. Rose](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/paging-dr-rose/116)
**Author:** [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/paging-dr-rose/116 "2017-04-15T18:52:04Z")
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