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Thanks for so much. You’re right, life is not perfect and being alive is surviving and living, and being alive means you are already victorious in life. Thank you. I do believe it is an honor now to have herpes because it means we trusted someone with our life but even though we got a little virus, it isn’t a big deal because life goes on. And God bless the people with HIV because they are even stronger. No one has a perfect life. But living each day and finding the good in everything is a step towards a wonderful life. Bless you and I believe good has already won over evil because love wins in the end

So I got genital herpes 2 years ago. I also have a mild strand of HPV. I’m not entirely sure who gave it to me but I’m pretty sure it’s either two people that I know. I already stopped contact with them because they were very abusive and raped me. I want to sue them but I don’t have much proof that they gave it to me as I don’t know who exactly it was. For the past two years I’ve been very depressed and lost friends and my life became very hard. I want to be strong and it’s slightly getting better as I am starting to accept my diagnosis. I feel like I don’t deserve what happened to me. Also it may be dangerous if I try to find out who gave it to me as they are dangerous men and could easily lie to me. I trusted them with my life and safety but got burned. I think about how I could have just avoided them and be free of herpes. How can I heal from this? I might have it for the rest of my life as it is incurable for now. But everyday I am reminded that I have it so it’s hard to forgive them. Please give me some advice on how to cope because I have nightmares about it too. I know it’s not life threatening but it’s really annoying somedays. Thanks and much love herpes community

Thanks a lot!!!!

Thank you so much! You’re the first person to say that to me and I have a feeling you are more right. Do you know why it triggers anxiety? Is it the hsv irritating nerve cells therefore impacting the brain and causing anxiety symptoms? Could you please give me some sites that tell hsv2 causing anxiety? And how can it be treated? And how long did it take for the anxiety to calm down or cease? Much appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you so much! You’re amazing and a Genius 🤩

Anyone in Northwest Arkansas or nearby? What about Dallas? Or is anyone willing to mentor someone with hsv2? Thank you!

Thank you. Have you discovered people are generally more anxious than before the pandemic?

So I got herpes 2 last year. I was shocked that I got it because I didn’t know that it was so common. I feel like I developed more anxiety than usual. I also have symptoms of Bi polar disorder but I don’t know for sure if I’m bi polar. I do take anti psychotics and benzodiazepines though to help my depression and anxiety. After I got herpes for 6 months I feel like I’m just overly anxious. I used to be able to control some anxiety and I liked going out to run errands but now I am afraid to go out because I’m so nervous almost all the time. I am now the most awkward and nervous person in the room usually. It is making me so shy to be around people because people pick up on my anxiety easily. I don’t know if hsv2 interacts with my brain or not to make me more anxious. I talked to some doctors and asked them if hsv2 makes you more anxious, but they said it doesn’t. I don’t know if it’s physical or psychological that I’m just making myself nervous because I’m so negative sometimes. Have you all ever felt more anxious around people after getting the diagnosis? And does it trigger anxiety physically or is it mostly psychological? I just want to not be so anxious anymore and accept that I might have herpes for life and still live a fulfilled life. Thanks.