I do think beliefs about yourself alter you personality. The way you perceive yourself either provides you a strong personality or a weak one. I had a weak one because I did criticize myself very harshly. I thought I could never be loved because I had Type 1 Diabetes and a severe uncontrolled case of it. I was extremely skinny, lethargic, and constantly having to use the bathroom. It is a chronic disease and affected my life very much growing up. I was constantly hospitalized and lost too much weight. I thought no one would ever want to carry this burden along with me for the rest of their life. I truly thought I was unlovable and no one would want to keep up with my doctors appointments and bills. As time went on I did find the perfect man in my life and am now engaged and cannot wait for a bright future with him. Looking back it was a stupid thought I had in my head thinking I would never find someone who would want to love me for what I had. Being able to accept who I am now and with what I have has changed me as a person and my behavior. My emotions are more controlled and my behavior is a lot different than back then. I am a happier person in life and maturing has really helped me cope. I am 22 now and I have come so far with a different personality and a brighter look on life. I do believe this belief change did have a great effect on my general personality as I had stated before. I believe that when I was younger I wanted to be like the other kids and be able to eat whatever I wanted and not spend my weekends in the hospital. I wanted to be a normal kid, but growing up I could see now that I can do those things and be like other adults. Diabetes doesn't control who I am as a person or control my life I control it.