Dealing with your feelings about the diet for diabetes

What are your feelings about the diet for diabetes?

Feelings can be positive or negative. Feelings affect how we think and behave. Dealing with a negative feeling means:

• Recognizing it. Name the feeling, whether it is anger, sadness, resentment, fear, or something else. For instance, some pregnant women are afraid that their baby might be harmed by diabetes.
• Accepting it. Feelings are not right or wrong. You are not a "bad" person because you have certain feelings. It is what you do with your feelings that matters.
• Letting go of it. Once you have named and accepted your feeling, you can release its hold on you.

Test Your Knowledge

1. There are no right or wrong feelings, and you are not a "bad" person for having negative feelings.

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2. Recognizing anger and resentment toward the diet for diabetes is the first step in dealing with those feelings.

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Author:	Paul Lehnert	Last Updated: August 31, 2007
Medical Review:	Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine Theresa O'Young, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist
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