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

• Connected In Motion

• Diabetes and Mental Health – Interview with a Diabetes Psychologist

• Distressed By Diabetes

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

• How to Find the Right Therapist When You Have Diabetes

• I Challenge Diabetes

• Juicebox Podcast: Mental Wellness collection

• Mental Health: Living with Type 1

• 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

• T1D Huddle

• What Living With Type 1 Diabetes Taught Me About Resilience

• LiveFree with T1D podcast: Why Community is Critical for People with T1D

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