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Thrivabetic: Thriving with Diabetes
Why does your blood sugar have to spike to 300 after sitting at 50 for what felt like an eternity? And why are people still asking if you ate too much sugar when you were diagnosed? Is it really possible to thrive with such a physically and mentally draining disease? Kate, a 27 year old with Type 1 Diabetes since 10 years old, discusses her highs and lows living with a chronic illness. Along with this, she sits down with a variety of guests that give insight on topics such as mental health, traveling, exercise, diet, and life's big moments with diabetes.
Thrivabetic: Thriving with Diabetes
#12 Diabetes + Trauma: A Need for Control, Overthinking Everything, and Perfectionism
This week we have a solo episode! Kate discusses in depth how diabetes may have played a huge role in her excessive overthinking, need for control, and being a perfectionist. She breaks down some important things she's learned from therapy and other psychologists (@the.holistic.psychologist @the.ferrapist) such as the way overthinking gives us an illusion of control, the way guilt/shame/blame can be a defense against feeling helpless, and ways to calm the nervous system and return to the body. A diabetes diagnosis can be incredibly complex and can affect people in very different ways. Unhealed wounds continue to cause us pain until we become aware of them and work to release and heal. Everyone's journey with this is different and whatever you are feeling/have felt is completely valid. Seek counseling to get a better understanding of your own pain related to diabetes.
Please remember that this is not medical advice or therapy. Kate is not a psychologist or therapist, she is simply speaking of her personal experience and how she's come to understand the way diabetes has affected her.
For a breakdown of the content of this episode, find me on instagram @thrivabetic. I'd love to hear your perspective on this topic and if you resonate with this story.
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