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Emotional Wellbeing


Welcome to the Emotional Wellbeing Page!

Caring for type 1 diabetes can be tough for young people on top of everything else that life brings. This page is dedicated to resources for emotional wellbeing and we hope you find them useful. 

If there are any issues that are affecting you then talk to your diabetes team so that they can help you get the right support.


Coping With Diabetes Tool

Coping with Diabetes tool in the DigiBete app .

DigiBete has teamed up with Breakthrough T1D to create Coping with Diabetes, a new tool to help young people with type 1 diabetes look after their mental health and wellbeing.

Coping with Diabetes, available on the DigiBete App, uses real-life stories, animations and activities to help prevent and reduce diabetes distress and burnout.

What can you do in the Coping with Diabetes tool?

  • Complete activities.
  • Hear about the experiences of others.
  • Learn about type 1.
  • Build your knowledge.
  • Feel comfortable talking about type 1.
  • Improve your self-esteem.

Learn more about how to download the DigiBete app and make the most of this emotional wellbeing support here.

Below you can view a selection of the resources in Coping with Diabetes.

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Coping With Diabetes Emotional Wellbeing Resources

Self Kindness

Sailing The Sea

The 3 Emotional Systems

Sailboat Metaphor (12-15)

The video uses a sailboat metaphor to illustrate the challenges of living with diabetes and how you can still achieve your goals.

You Are Not Alone

It's not fair

Self Kindness

Managing School

Managing School.

Managing Adult Life