“When I get nervous, there are many things in my daily life which stress me out. All these stressors affect my diabetes and my psychological status. I keep thinking about everything. I know it is a problem because stress can increase my sugar, like I feel myself in a loop. It is hard for me to keep up with taking insulin and checking, like I check only once or twice because of other stressors.” (female, 22). The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.