Investigating The Fear Of Diabetes
Diabetophobia (fear of diabetes) is an irrational, sometimes disabling, fear of being diagnosed with diabetes. As with all phobias the impact of diabetophobia on daily life depends on the individual. How you decide to react to your fear, even if that’s not a conscious decision on your part, will at least in part govern how you react when you’re face to face with your phobia.
Phobias are often indicated by physical reactions to the focus of the phobia. For the fear of diabetes, physical reactions such as increased heart rate, sweating and shortness of breath can follow the mention of the disease or anything that brings diabetes to mind. This fear may be related to fear of the treatments for diabetes such as insulin injections and the finger pricks of testing. It may be related to some of the more severe complication of the disease such as blindness, loss of limbs or kidney failure. Regardless of the actual root cause of the fear, a severely affected diabetophobe often has problems with daily activities.
The root cause of the fear of diabetes may be related to the complications of diabetes or the fear of the treatments for the disease. Complications such as blindness or loss of limbs may be the basis for fear of diabetes, even though you know that most people don’t suffer to this great an extent. Fear of regular insulin injections or the pricking of fingers for glucose tests are sometimes behind the fear of diabetes. Many people are scared of needles or injections.
Diabetes is relatively easy to diagnose and modern treatments can prevent or delay the complications that contribute to the fear of diabetes. Even the daily insulin injections can be eliminated with insulin pumps. There is no real basis for the disabling fear. One part of the treatment for fear of diabetes is education. Convincing the diabetophobe that most of the fears are unfounded can help weaken the fear reactions.
Most phobias respond well to treatments that reprogram the unconscious mind’s fear reactions. Fear of diabetes has been shown to respond well to a combination of education and reprogramming techniques. Some doctors prescribe medication to treat phobias. Most medical professionals believe medication only masks the symptoms and does not treat the causes.
If you are having problems with daily activities because of a fear of diabetes you should consult a professional for a correct diagnosis. A professional can run tests to be sure you do not actually have diabetes and to check for underlying conditions that increase you susceptibility to fear or anxiety problems.
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