Stress Management, Burnout and Emotional Health with Diabetes
Diabetes can feel heavy some days. Learn about stress, distress and burnout, and where to find support.
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About this course
Diabetes can feel heavy some days. Learn about stress, distress and burnout, and where to find support.
Living with diabetes every day can wear you down, and that is not a personal failing. This course looks at how stress affects blood sugar and explains diabetes distress, burnout, anxiety, low mood and emotional eating.
You will learn simple breathing and mindfulness skills, where to find support and when to get urgent help.
What you will learn
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Dr. Rezwana Parvin Rumpa is an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist with clinical focus on gestational diabetes, PCOS, and fertility. She holds the MRCOG (Final Part) from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London, the MRCPI (Final Part) from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and an MBBS from Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College under Dhaka University. Dr. Rumpa serves as a Senior Medical Officer in the Obs and Gynae department at BRB Hospitals Ltd, where she has spent three years managing prenatal care, emergency obstetric cases, and women's-health surgery. On Diabic, she medically reviews content for women living with diabetes, with particular attention to pregnancy, PCOS, and reproductive-health intersections.
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Chapter 1: How Diabetes Can Affect Your Mood
- American Diabetes AssociationAmerican Diabetes Association: Mental health (opens in a new tab)
- Diabetes CareDiabetes Care journal home page (opens in a new tab)
- National Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute of Mental Health: Depression (opens in a new tab)
- National Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute of Mental Health: Anxiety disorders (opens in a new tab)
- Behavioral Diabetes InstituteBehavioral Diabetes Institute home page (opens in a new tab)
- American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association: Depression (opens in a new tab)
Chapter 2: Stress and Blood Sugar
Chapter 4: Burnout
- American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association: Children (opens in a new tab)
- National Library of MedicinePubMed article 25599350 (opens in a new tab)
- American Diabetes AssociationAmerican Diabetes Association: Fitness (opens in a new tab)
- CDCAdding Physical Activity as an Adult (opens in a new tab)
- National Library of MedicinePubMed article 22374636 (opens in a new tab)
- NIDDKDiet, Eating and Physical Activity (opens in a new tab)
Chapter 5: Anxiety and Low Mood
Chapter 6: Emotional Eating
- American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association: Stress (opens in a new tab)
- National Eating Disorders AssociationNational Eating Disorders Association home page (opens in a new tab)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative HealthMeditation and Mindfulness: Effectiveness and Safety (opens in a new tab)
- American Diabetes AssociationDiabetes Care, Standards of Care supplement 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics diabetes page (opens in a new tab)
- Diabetes CarePubMed article 27208318 (opens in a new tab)
Chapter 7: Breathing and Mindfulness
Chapter 8: Finding Support
Chapter 9: When to Get Urgent Help
Further reading on Diabic
- Diabetes Burnout: Why It Happens and What Helps
- Diabetes Distress vs Depression: How to Tell the Difference
- How Diabetes Anxiety and Stress Affect Blood Sugar
- Coping with a Diabetes Diagnosis: the First 90 Days
- Diabetes Support Groups Near Me: Where to Look
- The Sleep and Blood Sugar Connection Explained
- Blood Sugar Drops at Night: Causes and Prevention
- 6 Tips for Improving Sleep Quality with Diabetes
- Glucose Variability Explained in Simple Terms
- Lost Motivation for Diabetes Management? Rebuild It
- Teen Diabetes Mental Health: Spot the Burnout
- Diabetes Fatigue Management Tips That Actually Work
- Desk Exercises for Better Blood Sugar at Work
- Blood Sugar Management During Long Meetings
- Low Blood Sugar Symptoms That Hit Without Warning
- How to Build a Daily Self-Care Diabetes Routine
- Why Emotional Eating Diabetes Cycles Hit Harder
- Mindfulness and Diabetes Management: A Starter Guide
- Best Office Snacks for people with diabetes
- Simple Breathing Exercises for Better Blood Sugar
- Meditation and Blood Sugar: What Science Actually Shows
- Diabetes and Relationships: Advice for Couples
- When to Go to the ER for Diabetes: A Triage Guide
- Your Diabetes Emergency Plan Checklist for Home and Work