This December became the 10th anniversary of me being diabetic (24F). A year ago around March i ran out of cgms and struggled w getting the prescription renewed since the year prior i had moved. This led to me going months and months without using a CGM and in a lot of ways it felt like a weight was
I was dealing with this a lot in the beginning of having a CGM too. For me it helps if I try to avoid looking at it for at least 2 hours after a meal. Having sane alerts set (so not too strict, but also not too loose) helps because then you can ignore it until an alert comes up.
So I find myself frequently looking but I also give myself time restrictions. Part of that is I'm both a slow digester and a slow insulin absorber (even on fiasp) - so being patient helps me overcorrect in either direction.
Generally, I'll wait 30 minutes before checking again, this is usually if things are changing. If I'm stable, though, I might wait 60 minutes. Giving myself a time interval helps me from overcorrecting.
I also have alarms set - rising fast, falling fast, 75 or below, 170 or above. That way I can catch highs and lows without looking.
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I'm T2 and wear a CGM. I have since I was diagnosed and if I can help it, I'll never be without one. If I didn't have a CGM, I'd never be able to eat anything sweet or carby. I'd always have to err on the side of caution.
If it helps you then more power to you. I just never could.
You ask “who in their right mind would want to be constantly reminded that they’re not doing well?” Which I find funny, because as a T2, I use a CGM as a steady reassurance that I AM doing well. It’s helped me bring my glucose into complete remission, and I could probably stop using it now, but I like the comfort it provides, particularly if I eat something difficult, I can see that the spike still is within range, and how quickly it comes back down. It’s helped me relax! And yeah, I checked obsessively for the first while; but now sometimes I’ll forget to check for most of the day, but then still find the level graph reassuring once I do.