Dr. Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome can be adapted to assist you in knowing why you feel the way you do when your blood sugar is low, and why your body becomes your own enemy when your blood sugar is high. The first phase is rightly called the alarm phase . The feelings you get could be associated with acute happenings such as diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia. The feelings are most noticed when you are in hypoglycemia. Blood pressure rises, the pulse rate increases, and you feel shaky, nervous, tense, and anxious.
Sugar is made available to the body due to an adrenaline release.
The second phase is that of resistance . This is associated with the release of steroid-like hormones. The person has a sense that nothing can be done. If a person diagnosed with diabetes has difficulty adjusting to the disease physically, mentally, and emotionally, self-care may be ignored. The chronic high blood sugars lead to changes in the body cells, which can lead to complications.