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(08) 6110 0570admin@pdchealthhub.com.auDiabetes never takes a day off. Feeling worn down by it is common and has a name: diabetes distress. When it builds up, it can become burnout. You are not failing, you are exhausted.
Diabetes distress is the emotional load of living with and managing diabetes every day: the worry, frustration and guilt that can come with numbers, decisions and appointments. It is common, and it is different from depression, although the two can overlap. Diabetes burnout describes what can happen when that load builds up for a long time and people step back from their diabetes care.12
If you have been skipping checks, avoiding appointments, or feeling guilty, angry or numb about your diabetes, you are not alone and you are not a bad patient. Support exists, and it works.
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Symptoms are a guide, not a diagnosis. Your GP confirms the diagnosis; our team helps you manage it day to day.
The teams and services that most often support people with this condition. They work from one shared plan, and one GP referral reaches all of them.
Our approach follows Diabetes and emotional health, the NDSS handbook for health professionals (2nd edition), and NDSS emotional health resources.
Diabetes distress is well recognised in research and clinical practice, and it is common. It is not the same as depression, though the two can overlap, and both deserve proper support rather than a pep talk.
No. Our educators aim to take pressure off, not add to it. Wherever you are starting from is a fine place to start.
We work with your GP to arrange psychological care where it would help, and we make the pathway easy. If you are feeling hopeless or thinking about harming yourself, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or 000 in an emergency.
Diabetes distress is specifically about the burden of living with and managing diabetes. Depression is broader and can affect every part of life. They can overlap, and both deserve proper support. Our educators can help you work out what is going on and what support fits.
Taking pressure off rather than adding it. Simplifying your routine, pressure-free professional support, connecting with people who understand, and psychological care where needed all help.
Tell us what is going on and we will point you to the right discipline, or to more than one. Most people start with a single appointment and leave with a plan the rest of the team can see.
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