I have a feeling whoever is reading this will fall into one of two people, unless you are the lucky people who can use both your right and left hand. The first being predominantly right-handed people, asking what struggles do lefties have and the second being predominantly left-handers going yes.
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If you were to look at me, you would think nothing different about me. I am a relatively fit, active and smiley 32-year-old, Yes, my friends slag me off for being so pale but that is more my avoidance of too much sun and my Irish skin, not sure why I decided to live in the desert! This month will mark my 20th year anniversary of living with a long term invisible illness, also referred to as a disease. I suffer from Type 1 Diabetes; one of my biggest frustrations of being a person with diabetes is that people group diabetes as one. My family even being one of them. I remember being questioned by my sister as to why had I lost so much weight. I was 12 and in my own little world, I had no idea that I had lost any weight. My brother had been diagnosed with diabetes a couple of years previously. I remember hearing, “He drinks too many sugary drinks and this is what may have caused it”. This wasn’t the case, he just happened to develop Type 1 late in life as it is generally seen in younger children. When it was discovered that my blood was reading high, I remember thinking and feeling that I must have done something to cause this and what had I done, I felt my life was over.
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We all go through many different relationships within our lives, whether it is with partners, family, friends, work, sports, ourselves or the one that is always there consistently, which is food. We can have unhealthy and healthy relationships with food, and this can change at different times. Also, it doesn’t matter if you eat healthily or not, you could have either relationship.
I thought it was a good idea for myself to spend some time especially now as we live in a more restricted world focusing on this topic and getting a better understanding of it myself. I would believe that I eat healthy enough; I love cooking and trying new foods. I am a diabetic so I don’t like overly sweet things although I did develop a sweeter tooth when I was diagnosed in 2000, which we will come back to that later on. I would not be a big fan of fried food, but I still have an unstable relationship with food. In some ways, I believe my diabetes has enabled this more. So, what causes our relationships with food to be as they are?
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