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Enroll in the Living With Type 2 Diabetes program and let us guide you through your first year with type 2 diabetes.

Mental Health

   

Anger

Anger can start at diagnosis with the question, "Why me?" You may dwell on how unfair diabetes is: "I'm so angry at this disease! I don't want to treat it. I hate it!"

Denial

Denial is that voice inside repeating: "Not me." Most people go through denial when they are first diagnosed with diabetes. "I don't believe it. There must be some mistake," they say.

Depression

Feeling down once in a while is normal. But some people feel a sadness that just won't go away. Life seems hopeless. Feeling this way most of the day for two weeks or more is a sign of serious depression.

Additional Resources

You may also be interested in our books:

Down but Not Depressed

There may be a name for how you feel: diabetes distress.

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