This is episode forty-three of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to take The Diabetes Distress Test.
- I feel burned out by all of the attention and effort that diabetes demands of me.
- It bothers me that diabetes seems to control my life.
- I am frustrated that even when I do what I am supposed to for my diabetes, it doesn’t seem to make a difference.
- No matter how hard I try with my diabetes, it feels like it will never be good enough.
- I am so tired of having to worry about diabetes all the time.
- When it comes to my diabetes, I often feel like a failure.
- It depresses me when I realize that my diabetes will likely never go away.
- Living with diabetes is overwhelming for me.
- I worry that I won’t be able to pay for my diabetes care, medicines or supplies.
- When it comes to family and friends, it disappoints me that I am pretty much on my own with diabetes.
- I worry a lot that I could have a serious low glucose event.
- I am scared that I might have a serious low glucose event when I am out in public.
- I worry a lot about developing serious complications from diabetes.
- When it comes to medical care, it upsets me that I am mostly on my own with diabetes.
- It makes me feel bad that I must hide my diabetes from others.
- It frustrates me that my eating often feels out of control.
- It upsets me that I’m not really heard or understood by my healthcare providers.
- I can’t escape this sinking feeling that diabetes is eventually going to get me.
- I worry that I don’t pay enough attention to my diabetes.
- It upsets me that people in my life think less of me because I have diabetes.
- It frustrates me that people in my life tempt me to eat foods or do things that are not good for my diabetes.
- I often feel ashamed or embarrassed when other people know about my diabetes.
- I worry that I can’t get the healthy food I need for my diabetes.
- No matter what I do, I fear that serious complications from diabetes will happen to me.
- I worry about how hard it is to get to my healthcare appointments or pharmacy.
- It bothers me that I don’t get as much exercise as I should.
- I worry about having a serious low glucose event when I’m alone.
- It annoys me when other people admonish me about some of the food that I eat.
- It upsets me that my healthcare provider seems to care more about my glucose levels than about me as a person.
- It hurts me that many people in my life don’t understand what living with diabetes is really like.
