When you get diagnosed with diabetes, you will feel many emotions like shock, anger sadness and fear. It's normal to feel this way and to go through many emotional stages as you come tl grips of having chronic disease. You may first have a shock which may turn into denial, followed by getting anxious and being angry. Going through grief and depression is also possible. And finally you come to a state of acceptance.

It's really important that you recognize your emotions and talk about it to your friends, family and members of your diabetes health care team about what and how you are feeling. Your team can be of great help to teach you effective coping skills and direct you to support services which can make a difference for you.

Accepting the reality of having diabetes doesn't happen within one night or all at once. The most important thing is that you need to remember that you are not alone. Talking with your family, a friend or someone else who is with diabetes or a health care professional can help you deal with the ups and downs kf your new life with diabetes.

As you come in terms with the reality of diabetes, it will be much easier to make healthy behaviour changes such as increasing your activity level and making healthy food choices which not only improves diabetes management but also your overall physical and emotional health.

Source: https://www.diabetes.ca/en-CA/archive/managing-my-diabetes---archive/preventing-complications/mental-health#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20to%20recognize,make%20a%20difference%20for%20you.