Hi Everyone! Ever get grumpy over diabetes? Anxious? Depressed? I do! Just ask my husband! (and the dog!)
I will be chatting live with Dr. Bernard Golden On TuDiabetes Talks tomorrow, Wednesday August 31st at 5pm PT. Please hop over to join the conversation at Live - TuDiabetesTuDiabetes ! Dr. Bernard is also happily donating a copy of his book to a lucky person in the chat conversation! Yay!
PLEASE ADD YOUR QUESTIONS!!! Here are just a couple that Dr. Golden has been asked previously about Diabetes, anger, depression and anxiety…
Can anger cause Diabetes? Can Diabetes cause anger?
“I was so upset when that person in the restaurant shot me a dirty look for testing my blood sugar. How should I react?”
How can anger impact treatment?
How can anger management tools help manage moods? (oh do I need this!!!)
etc…
Absolutely agree! I never used to get angry over anything. The past two years… I feel these moments of anger I can’t put away. I hate it!!! Thanks for the reminder!!!
for at least a year prior to my dx in 1967 I was relentlessly bullied by a boy at school. I wasn’t able to get any relief/help from an adult who could actually do something and it caused me to be deeply depressed, which somehow no one noticed either. I have always wondered if this stress & depression somehow caused my diabetes. I have been hearing something about ACEs adverse childhood experiences perhaps leading to autoimmune diseases.
"Diabetes, although not caused by anger, may be exacerbated by anger. Increased levels of cortisol, resulting from the “fight-flight” response associated with anger, can impact blood glucose levels as well as decrease the immune system. "
I spent years dealing with simmering, and sometimes raging, anger. What a waste! I knew it was debilitating but try as I might, I failed for many years to extract myself from its grip. I often held onto the belief that some action on my part toward my antagonist would ultimately provide cathartic release. It didn’t work that way for me.
Ultimately the passage of time, active reframing of past events, and genuine forgivenes allowed me to move on. It was one of life’s hardest lessons!
Anger is corrosive to the person who feels it. The person at the focal point of your anger has no sense or care of your pain. The sooner you spend energy and attention elsewhere, the better off you’ll be.
I found forgiveness provides the antidote to anger. Forgiveness is a willful action that provides release to the forgiver, not the forgiven. Your antagonist may not deserve forgiveness, but you do!
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Thanks Pastor Terry
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This amuses me since I’m about the most non-religious guy you could imagine. Spiritual, yes, religious, no. I grew up in a fundamentalist Catholic family and count myself as a recovering Catholic!
I don’t get angry very often. Only persistently high BG levels (>12 mmol/l - 220 mg/dl) can make me a little angry. It’s so frustrating to see BG levels rise despite taking correction boluses and high temporary basal rates.
I think it’s OK to be angry sometimes. It’s a normal human emotion that is appropriate when someone or something pisses us off. Anyone who constantly avoids feeling angry (when there is a reason to be angry) invalidates their own feelings, which is never a good thing.
