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Your Support System
Diabetes is a family affair that also involves your friends. Diabetes touches everyone who lives with, loves or cares for you. And the way they relate to your diabetes can powerfully affect how well you care for yourself.
Every person with diabetes is different, and so is every family. Some people get just the right amount of support from the important people in their lives; others feel their family and friends are too involved; and still others feel they don't get enough support. How do you feel? Are you happy with the support you get or do you feel that people close to you have either joined the "diabetes police" or gone to the other extreme and don't respect your special needs as a person with diabetes?
How To Get The Support You Need
Here are some tips for identifying your needs for support and for getting what you need:
- Identify the ways your family and friends make your life with diabetes easier. What are the important people in your life already doing to help you manage your diabetes? Be as specific as possible. Do your family and friends help by not eating sweets and junk foods when they are with you? Do they listen and try to understand when you talk about a problem you are having with your diabetes? Do they offer to take walks with you to help you get the exercise you need
- Identify the ways your family and friends make your life with diabetes harder. Again, be as specific as possible. Do people tempt you with foods you are trying to resist? Do they get impatient when you need to take time for a diabetes-related responsibility? Are they unsympathetic when you talk about your frustrations with diabetes? This list will help you decide what you need to work on with your family and friends to get the support you need and deserve
- Communication is the key-no one can read your mind. To communicate effectively you should be:
• Specific (this helps people who care about you know exactly what you need)
- Positive (telling people what they are already doing right and saying "I need this" instead of "you aren't doing this" makes it easier for them to respond)
- Realistic (start with things you know people can do; when they succeed, you can build on that success)
- Appreciative (your family and friends will go the extra mile when you let them know it's helping)
Finally, remember that people can't really understand what it's like to have diabetes unless they have it themselves. So part of your plan for getting the support you need might involve joining a diabetes support group. Call your local diabetes association affiliate or chapter or hospitals in your area to help you identify such groups.