First things first, I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 13 years. I have always had difficulties taking care of myself because my family was of no support (eldest sister stole syringes for heroin, parents divorced and father didn't want to take part of anything, mother was an alcoholic who constantly yelled at me if my blood sugars were over 150, and my other 2 sisters said they cared, but never encouraged their feelings) and I am now 24, and I'm still having difficulties with managing my diabetes. I suffer from severe anxiety because of my family and whenever I look at my glucometer, it springs images of being alone and having no support, which then causes my sugars to sky rocket. I have completely altered my diet to fairly meager with minimal carbs, focusing on a higher protein and vegetable diet. I'm a dancer and I go out hiking a good bit too, so I'm pretty active. But I can't shake these feelings of being alone with my condition because no one seems to understand how stress and anxiety effect my sugars so drastically that I have massive mood swings and insulin and exercise don't help with control. Any advice at this point in my life would be much appreciated because so far my doctors and friends and family haven't been of much help.