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[KirstyParticipant]

Hi  My name is Kirsty and I am new to this forum.  

I am nearly 34 (in two days) and have had Type 1 for 11 years.  I have lived in Melbourne for 10 years and was previously in Adelaide.  My sister has been Type 1 since she was 8 (23 years).

I am having a "down" time at the moment and felling a little sad about nothing in particular.  

Anyway HELLO to all.

Kirsty

[adminMember]

Hi Kirsty and welcome!
I have been away on a lovely Easter holiday and so I have not been at the computer! I have returned to lots of messages!

I guess we all get down sometimes and it is good to talk to people about this, it helps to feel better. A lot of the time it is normal ups and downs of life and with diabetes this can happen more than for people without diabetes. Sometimes this sadness can progress into depression. If you feel that you are feeling this way on an ongoing basis and it is interfering with your every day life, then it is important to seek help, initially by seeing someone like your GP.

You said there is no particular reason why you feel a little down –  do you have any ideas why you are feeling down? Is it anything to do with the time of year, or your birthday? Sometimes major events in our lives can cause us to feel emotional about stuff.

What do you normally do to give yourself a lift when you feel down?

bye for now
Helen Edwards

[KirstyParticipant]

Thanks Helen,

I hope you had a great Easter Break.

I guess one of the reasons I am feeling ‘down" is that at the moment I am having huge problems with my skin (erruptions on my face).  I am seeing the GP tomorrow and while I have been trying some things they don’t seem to be working.

I am also always tired.  I eat quite well and levels are quite good and I can’t quite understand what the problem is.  I feel irritable at times and I guess the pressure of trying to be nice all the time sometimes takes its toll.  (I am a telephonist and work with two others and within a team of 10 others).

I must say too that also, I am participating in a course next week at Hahndorf and I am a little anxious about it all.  The process of getting to Adelaide and then participating and then going home again and silly things like making sure my cat is taken to her "holiday home" on time and picked up on time.  I am a homebody and although I am not sure why I worry about these things I hope the course will help me establish why.

Thanks for Replying Helen

Kirsty

[gingerParticipant]

heollo kristy

I am fairly new to the forum as well, I hope your feeling a lot better and I guess by now are attending your course. Would you like to share the nature of the course, I am a full time mature aged student studying social science and so am generally interested in anything that stretches the mind. I have had  type 1 diabetes for about 12 yrs now, it takes a lot of organising to keep things under control, but there is no way out of it so we just have to keep keeping on. I think it’s normal for our moods or outlook to fluctuate – ;Dthings will even themselves out.

Cheers ginger

[gingerParticipant]

Sorry Kirsty I got your name wrong. I have a couple of friends who are Kristy and I just guess I made the association.

ginger

[KirstyParticipant]

Hi Ginger

I won’t be starting the course until 23rd April.  T

I am not sure exactly what the course involves (my cousin is paying for me to attend).

The Course is called "The Completion Seminar".  The info on the course from the brochure says that "One of the modalities used (in the course) is the dynamic Breath Meditation. This process enables us to get in touch with hidden aspects of ourselves, which are unconsciously affecting our day to day lives.  The main purpose is to bring these hidden aspects to the surface, to find expression for them either on the physical, mental or emotional level and to reach into our innermost being for new strength, healing and creativity."

It sounds exciting and my cousin has done the course but wanted me to experience it rather than tell me about it, so I actually going in a little blind.

Thanks for replying

Cheers
Kirsty

[adminMember]

Hi Kirsty
when we are feeling run down and tired, it is hard to manage everything and that is pretty normal. I also love my house and suffer with anxiety so I udnerstand what you are talking about. However, some anxiety in new situations is to be expected and quite healthy.

If anxiety is stopping you from doing the things you would like, or need to do however, then this is something that needs addressing. Sometimes people who are overly anxious or worry a lot about things burn up a lot of extra energy and this can wear you out too.

The course you are doing sounds very interesting and exactly the kind of thing that is helpful in managing worry and anxiety. I think that the use of meditation and breathing techniques are very powerful tools for managing depression, panic and anxiety and life in general.

Sometimes we can be tired as life with diabetes involves a lot of extra thinking and activity than for people without diabetes. Also, it takes more toll than we realise I think, if our levels are pretty good, but swinging even a little. Getting your iron checked is also worthwhile, as many young women with busy lives can have low iron levels.

Let us know how the course goes
Helen

[buffy67Participant]

Hi Kirsty, I also hope you’re feeling much better, but on that point I must say that, as a person who lives with someone with diabetes, all of you sufferers deserve a medal and a pat on the back. You all have to cope with enough in life and this extra weight makes you all the more special people. It’s not something that can be cured – yet, so you should feel proud that you can get through each day. You are all so much stronger people than us who don’t have this illness (even though I get depressed having it ‘second-hand’ through my b/f). Keep your chin up and keep finding things to keep your mind active. I also have a brother who lost a leg two years ago through a viral infection, at 40, & I look at him and am so proud of how he’s picked himself up and he has to cope with people "knowing" he has a disability. He’s a great inspiration to me to keep on going. This forum is fantastic because it is there for and supported by great people.

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