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Peer support links together people living with a chronic condition, such as diabetes, so they can share their experiences to support and encourage each other. It can be a really helpful addition to the expertise and support offered by health professionals.   Peer support takes many forms including anything from 2 people with diabetes simply keeping

Relationships with partners, friends, family and work colleagues are important to most people, whether you have diabetes or not. Diabetes can be easier to manage when you have people in your life who are supportive, accepting, interested and encouraging. Sometimes the people who support you can face their own challenges getting the balance right in

There have been significant advances in diabetes technology. Glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps have transformed diabetes management for many people. They can reduce stress and burnout and offer a more positive, flexible way of managing diabetes with a greater sense of freedom.  However, technology can sometimes be experienced as making things more difficult, increasing

For some people, their relationship with food, eating and their body can start to become more of a problem.  It can start to tip into a preoccupation with shape and weight alongside difficulties coping with strong emotions.  This can lead to patterns of avoiding food, binge eating, excessive exercising, restricting insulin or misuse of laxatives

Some people living with Type 1 diabetes find the tasks of diabetes self-management has an impact on their relationship with food and eating. Watch the video below to learn more about diabetes and your relationship with food and eating: Do you recognise any of these experiences? Hover over the images to see more experiences: It

Managing diabetes can often involve making changes on a day-to-day basis.  The fact you are working through this BERTIE course suggests you have thought about making changes, and are now learning what you can do and how.  Some of the things you have been learning about will be more difficult than others to put into action. 

Emotions are usually like the weather – they come and go and change over time. It is normal to experience moments where there are more rain clouds than sunshine. However, if you experience sadness or hopelessness for several weeks, or these feelings keep returning, it may mean you are living with depression.   People with diabetes