Day 7 of #HAWMC 30 Day Challenge

What's the Most Ridiculous Thing You've Heard About Diabetes?

As a parent of a child with a chronic illness, I have found that most people are polite.  Usually their questions are kind and if they seem silly or crass, it is because they truly don't know.  I don't mind educating them.  Now, I realize that I am lucky.  I work in the health care, not for profit industry, so a lot of my colleagues have medical backgrounds of some sort. Maybe that colours the type of questions they ask?  Maybe the industry we're in has taught us all to use a degree of tact that people in the general public don't need?  Who knows.

That being said, I have had someone who believes in very New Aged techniques when it comes to illness.  He's not a bad guy, quite thoughtful actually.  He has beliefs that he thinks would helps ease some of the suffering and illness that Alison lives with.  He once asked me to ponder what from Alison's emotional past might have influenced her developing diabetes.

This is something that really caught me off guard for a couple of reasons.  One, while I think that our attitudes can help us improve our outcomes when we're ill, I don't believe that they bring on illness.  But, two, even if it could, what would a two year old have in her past to have brought on such a horrible disease?

Here's what a couple of websites had to say about the metaphysical link between Type 1 Diabetes and the mental causes:

"failure to deal with spiritual,emotional,mental or physical issues is likely to result in the manifestation of illness or disease in the body.


Longing for what might have been. No sweetness left in life" - www.vitalaffirmations

"Juvenile diabetes may manifest in children who feel insufficiently acknowledged. They are exhibiting an inner emptiness that seeks some form of compensation.

Mental block: Diabetes is a signal that you need to learn to let go and let things happen at their own pace. Stop trying to control the course of events. You need to realize that it is not your purpose to make everyone else happy. Others may not even want what you want for them, or they might not desire it intensely. Acknowledge all the goodness that flows freely in your life, become mindful of the moment and taste each moment in all its delicious glory. Don’t let yourself be distracted by what you may want tomorrow. Accept that, even though you may have been unable to fulfill a very important desire in the past, you still can enjoy smaller ones in the moment.

If you are a young child or adolescent with juvenile diabetes, stop thinking that you are the forgotten child. Find yourself and your place in the family.

Spiritual block and conclusion: To uncover the spiritual block that keeps you from responding to the needs of your BEING, refer to the Key Questions" - www.livepositive.com