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When adolescent shame about illness becomes life-threatening

My teenage daughter hides her insulin pump under baggy clothes and skips doses at school and I understand wanting to be normal but I am terrified she will die for it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The developmental need for social acceptance conflicts with survival requirements in ways that multiply parental anxiety.

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