I read a great book in german about psyching out diabetes (“Diabetes ist meine Sache” by Axel Hirsch).
It made me see so many things in a more realistic, relaxed but also empowering way…
At the end of that book I made a little list with the things that helped me most (along with my own ideas) and I thought that would make a nice blog entry. Here we go:
1. Humor- Laughing about some of my weird diabetes habits instead of blaming me and analyzing it down to the ground.
2. Acceptance- Be compassionate about yourself
3. Realistic- Diabetes is neither a lucky challenge, nor a catastrophe
4. Empowerment- You have the choice to decide about how you treat your diabetes, and noone else
5. Open minded- Try again and again and again… No matter how many drawbacks you have, change is always possible!
6. Limits- They have to be accepted without generating new ones that aren’t there
7. Letting go- There are much more important things in my life but diabetes. Living healthily enables me to enjoy them
8. Honest- I should be honest about myself without blaming me
9. Feelings- Must be accepted as they are, good ones and bad ones, coming and going…
10. Active- Living an active life gives me the power and motivation to keep up good health!
Well… There’s no recipe, but some ingredients might help!
that’s a nice post. will check the book out but my german is quite rusty
Really enjoyed your post Astrid. I don’t speak German though so I’ll have to take your word on the quality of the book
I really liked your ingredients too!
Nice post Astrid.
For myself, I also “Stop feeling guilty about everything”
We are human !
For me, it’s “Everything in moderation.”
I have been wanting to read this book. A few others recommended it on here. Sounds like you do too!
Nice summary for an approach to living with Diabetes. Thanks. Not sure the book is readily available stateside. Would like to try it with my limited German.
@ Astrid - Hast du die verschiedenen Diabetes-Bücher von Grit Ott gelesen? Schön geschrieben, einfaches Deutsch. Da ich als Übersetzer arbeite - mit Sprachrichtung Deutsch > Englisch - möchte ich sie gern übersetzen.
Actually this book “Psyching Out Diabetes” is available in English and in the states. It is old though. You will have to get a used copy.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=psyching+out+diabete
Hmm… maybe these aren’t the same books. I thought maybe you were reading the German version of this book above. Perhaps they are different. Different authors. I don’t speak German so I not sure of the translation of your book name.
Gee, I just noticed that I can get it as cheap as 80 cents used on Amazon. Why have I been waiting? I kept looking on Ebay for a cheap version. Duh.
@Astrid
Thanks for the cheer. Attitude influences how we experience life, with or without diabetes. Thanks for the reminders to stay on the positive side.
Wow, I have to thank you for the many comments!
Well, the book I read is not the german version of “psyching out diabetes”, but the author of my book recommented “psyching out” as well
I really enjoyed this post Astrid. Thanks for sharing it! : )
Great post! Thank you, Astrid.
I am very happy that you enjoyed it! : )
Thanks a lot!
Honestly a great post! I am going to print these out, and look at them all the time.