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Action plan to deal with diabetes distress

June 7, 2022 by Diabetes Care

Diabetes distress is your emotional response to living with diabetes. It is normal to experience some stress, but when the level of stress becomes overwhelming it can significantly undermine your confidence and ability to take care of the daily tasks. Read this expert article to learn about developing an action plan to deal with diabetes distress.

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AUTHOR: Dr. Barry Simon, MD, FRCP, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst REVIEWED BY: Gail MacNeil RN, CDE Diabetes distress is the emotional response to dealing with the daily demands of living with diabetes. In our previous article, we reviewed how you can recognize that you are experiencing diabetes distress as well as how you can effectively measure it using [...]

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