iving with diabetes isn't easy. It's normal to feel troubled about it.
Tell your health care team how you feel. Point out any problems you have
with your diabetes care plan. Your diabetes educator or other health care
provider may be able to help you think of ways to deal with these problems.
Ask your family to help you manage your diabetes.
Talk about the stresses you feel at home, school, and work. How do you
cope with these pressures? If your feelings are getting in the way of
taking care of yourself, you need to ask for help.
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Support Groups
It helps to talk with other people who have problems like
your own. You may want to think about joining a diabetes support
groups. In support groups, people who have just found out they have
diabetes can learn from people who have lived with it for a long time.
People can talk about and share how they deal with their diabetes. They
can also talk about how they take care of their health, how they prepare
food, and how they get physical activity. Family members who do not have
diabetes may want to join a support group, too. 
It can help to talk with other people who have problems like your own.
Ask your health care team about support groups for people with diabetes
and their families and friends. If there is not a support group in your
area, you may want to call a diabetes organization (see the list on pages
127-129) about starting a group.
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Counseling
One-on-one and family counseling sessions may also help. Be sure to see
a counselor who knows about diabetes and its care. Ask your health care
provider to help you find a counselor.
From the
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Diabetes Translation
September 11, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/tcyd/feelings.htm
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