The news agencies reported on a study that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, linking Diabetes and Depression. The study looked at over 6,000 individuals. What did they find? The found that those suffering from type 2 diabetes were more prone to depression, and lo and behold those with depression were more prone to getting diabetes.
I say it’s not a surprise because we’ve been discussing the mind/body connection for years. This type of study is a message to everyone facing some type of health crisis to get treatment, good treatment, and find a way to make peace with the illness. It’s the struggles that are associated to living life with an illness that creates these secondary conditions.
No one wants to have to tackle more than one health crisis at a time. If you are facing a life-altering diagnosis consider ways to live life beyond illness. For tips you might consider information on the website http://www.survivingstrong.com. Don’t suffer, learn to life live beyond the illness. Find ways to assimilate the illness into your being so you have it and it doesn’t have you.
The longer we live the greater the chances of facing some type of illness. Let’s keep it to a minimum by understanding that the mind/body connection is real. Let’s not give illness the opportunity to co-opt our quality of life. Let’s take the illness and put it in its place, figuratively and literally. Let’s make the case for greater support services that serve as an adjunct to medical treatment. Let’s tell our providers that our mental health is as important as our physical health and vise versa, and create a comprehensive treatment plan. Put the odds in your favor and keep the mind/body connection in the foreground and you’ll make healthier choices.
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