I don't want to say I'm embarrassed to tell people I'm diabetic, because I'm not, but I do find myself waiting as long as possible to tell new people just so I can enjoy the judgement free time. Once it's known, it's almost like I can feel the respect slipping away and the judgements racing through their heads. As far as we've come, I still feel like society views diabetes the same way they view lung cancer: something we deserve for our poor lifestyle choices. And diabetes jokes literally make my blood boil. Aside from most of them being medically inaccurate and based on stereotypes, I just find it incredibly insensitive to joke about serious medical conditions.
Thanks for reading my rant. How do you deal with the social stigma that comes with diabetes?
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