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  • Diabetes Self-Management

    Helping You Help Yourself

    Apr 10, 2020 4 minutes
    BY KATY WALKER, LCSW, LDE, AND LAURA HIERONYMUS, DNP, MSED, RN, MLDE, BC –ADM, CDCES, FADCES

    our thoughts, feelings and beliefs affect your happiness and health—especially if you’re dealing with a chronic illness. Diabetes is hard. Taking care of yourself with diabetes is even harder. When trying to keep up with self-care demands, the amount of stress that comes with dealing with a chronic illness can be overwhelming. If left unchecked, such mental fatigue can lead to burnout. Symptoms of diabetes burnout include negative feelings about diabetes (“why me?”), avoiding diabetes self-care (for example, skipping medication or not checking your blood glucose levels),

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