Being diagnosed with and managing type one diabetes can be a challenging experience. Your health care team will focus on your physical health but the mental health impacts, like diabetes distress and burnout, are also important to address.

Here are a few articles, videos, podcast episodes, and blog posts I’ve found about the mental health impacts of living with type one diabetes that I hope you find useful, as well as some supportive organizations I think are worth checking out:

• BBC news report on type 1 diabetes and mental health (video)

• Connected In Motion

• Diabetes and Mental Health – Interview with a Diabetes Psychologist (video)

• Distressed By Diabetes (Diabetes Canada)

• How diabetes affects your emotions | "You're Not Alone" a short documentary | Diabetes UK (video)

• How to Find the Right Therapist When You Have Diabetes

• I Challenge Diabetes

• Juicebox Podcast: Mental Wellness Collection

• LiveFree with T1D podcast (Spotify)

• Mental Health: Living with Type 1 (ADA)

• Mental Health and Type One Diabetes (Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF)

• Mental Health and Diabetes Directory (Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF)

• Prioritizing Mental Health in Diabetes Care

• Six Things You Might Not Know About Type One Diabetes

• Talk T1D Peer Support (Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF)

• T1D Huddle

If you’d like to talk about your mental health and how it has been affected by your diabetes, please do get in touch.