Help me im starting to get depressed because i have diabetes?
D: Don't be sad! A lot of people have diabetes. (I do, type 1.) That's why there are so many improvements in technology for it so it doesn't have to be that hard to manage it. Do you know anything about diabetes though? It's when your pancreas can't produce insulin so your blood sugar level raises. (Insulin lets you use the sugar in your blood.) People with type 1 diabetes (I'm assuming you have t1) have to take insulin shots about 2-3 times a day or use an insulin pump which is a little pager looking thing that clips on your pants. The shots actually don't hurt. When I first did one I was really surprised at how small the needle was. It's tiny, and you barely feel it when you give yourself a shot. It doesn't hurt; it just feels like.. a pinch? Not even. I usually can't tell at all when I do it. When I can tell, it feels like something poked me. It feels nothing like flu shots or anything like that. In all, it takes about 20 seconds to draw the insulin and shoot yourself. You barely think about doing it. It doesn't even bother me and I was diagnosed in March :) You also have to check your blood sugar before meals and bed, or if you don't feel well. Again, this comes second-nature and takes about 20 seconds. The little lancing needle doesn't hurt either and it happens really fast. I was scared when I first did it, but it only feels like something taps your finger! Oh, and we diabetics think about carbs a lot. There's a range we eat in and it's pretty normal. If you have an ipod touch, iphone, or android, you can get the app "gomeals". It's wonderful. So yeah... if you want to do a home test you can go to cvs and buy an a1c test. It shows you your average blood sugar for the past 3 months. It take around 8 minutes and is about $25 to $30 dollars. It's really accurate and doctors use this a lot to check for diabetes. Your doctor or diabetes educator will tell you all about diabetes.. if you even have it. If you've been living healthy your pre-diabetes may have gone away. If it's type 2 you can sometimes reverse it if you follow a diet for a while. Good luck :) Diabetes isn't that bad, don't be too upset. Btw: people are working towards finding a cure and I'm sure there'll be one in our lifetime.
I like cutting myself and feeling depressed... does that mean im a masochist?
(i posted something similar earlier) i dont know, but i just feel like i like to be sad. i take lexapro, but i havent taken it in a week or so because i dont like how i feel on it. its like im fake and not myself, its like im pretending, but i know that im really depressed, its just hiding under the meds.. and i feel like i feel better, i feel like myself, when im depressed, bc thats how ive been for 5 years,(im 15) until this school year when i started to take lexapro. but i dot know why i feel good when im depressed, i have alot of friends that i can talk to about it but whenever i do it just feels like im trying to get attention, but i know im not, i just need to talk about it. also, i cut myself. (i talk about that sometimes with my friends if they have questions about it, NOT for attention. ive NEVER shown anyone my arm) but i dont just do it when im overwhelmingly sad, i also do it when im like, bored and this sounds weird, but its like fun for me... and idk, my friends dont want me to be sad and hurting, but it doesnt feel bad, it feels normal, like everythings ok when i cut myself, and idk, it just feels good and im 100% sure thats not how everyone is. does that make me a masochist? or ar there any other ideas? and is it wrong to be masochistic?
I'm so depressed and hopeless, how can i get better?
I feel suicidal and depressed. I don't know what I can do to get better, nothing helps, I just feel so alone. Today I wrote a poem to express how I feel, it's really pathetic, but maybe it gives an idea how I'm feeling. I appreciate any help I can get, I just want to be happy but it seems like I'm asking too much :( So the poem: people staring you with pain and greed in their eyes starving for a new soul, wishing to become alive again they don't know that your soul is useless and broken an empty shell ready to be thrown away you paint on the mask of innocence so scared someone might see you through so they don't see the hell inside you they tourched the day you were born and they call you the fortunate girl sinking deeper into the pit worthlessness you'll never crawl out stuck in this abyss of sufferings and there's blood seeping from your soul and your almost a shadow and when the world starts to shrink you suddenly feel regret and you cry, you pray for forgivness but it's too late because you were never here
Im feeling really depressed what shall i do?
I recently had my 3rd miscarriage and have conditions that decrease my chance of conceiving and carrying a child. I dont feel that anyone listens and feel very alone all of a sudden. I cry myself to sleep most nights and I feel like my heart is being ripped out my chest some days. I have recently started feeling that i would be so much happier and calmer if i died, but i dont feel like i would do anything to halm myself. I am so confused and dont know what to do for the best. Ivisited my gp last week he saw how upset i was but only gave me a 2 week sick note for work. I feel helpless, worthless and have a constant migraine. What shall i do