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Have doctors ever looked into the correlation between eating disorders and diabetes type 1 for women who have been diagnosed with diabetes in like their 20's? or the correlation between a later diagnosis of diabetes type 1 and sexual abuse? I've had both (eating disorder and sexual abuse) and lots of the profiles i've looked at on here of women my age, either have 1 or the other or both. just curious.
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Since the food you eat is very important to diabetes, I think it definitely could be linked to eating disorders. I have heard of girls who stop taking insulin to stay thin and make themselves very ill. I went the other way and overate because I was very unhappy. I think the rigid control we are expected to exert over our food makes some of us obsessive one way or the other, either thinking I must control my food intake rigidly, or rebelling and saying leave me alone and I will eat what I want. I am not sure what the link with sexual abuse could be though. I have heard that type 1 can be triggered by a stressful incident so maybe that's it, but that seems sort of indirect. I mean that it could be any stressful incident which triggers it rather than specficially sexual abuse.
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
