I've been looking through different communities trying to find a post or comment section about type 1 diabetes and people's experiences with it. Being a type one myself for close to 30 years, I've recently developed an intense feeling of dread over the prospect of never escaping this disease. I try to never think of it as part of me but apart from me, so that I don't have to deal with it on an emotional level. Recent personal setbacks (unrelated to the diabetes), however, have given me time to truly realize I can no longer regard it as apart from me because it will always be part of me. As much as I don't want this to be true, it unfortunately is, and I'm not getting rid of it just by wishing it away.

I was wondering how other type one diabetics deal with this sense of inescapability (for me personally, it feels closer to doom and utter hopelessness) and if you have any advice.

[As I'm new to posting in this community, I hope this post is up to the guidelines. Please tell me if I need to change anything.]