We have known for years that meditation and relaxation exercises have been used to increase one’s sense of peace and calm. However, more and more links are being discovered between these techniques and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
People living with diabetes have to make 180 extra decisions each day, and experience significant psychological pressure to ‘get it right’. Eventually this can lead to diabetes distress, the feelings of frustration, angst and overwhelm, and this can makes diabetes management even more of a challenge. It’s a real chicken-and-egg situation.
However, if you can dial down the emotional stress and improve psychological wellbeing, will this assist with improving the amount of time you can achieve glucose levels within the healthy range suggested to you by your health care team?
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Natasha, Ange and Anna
Membership and Community Team
community@diabetesaustralia.com.au------------------------------