Justanothergirl

I just want to say thank you for this question and the answers. I've been in full panic for 2 days that I may have accidentally passed herpes on and because my outbreaks have only ever occurred in a very specific spot (on my anus, for (embarrassing) context) it's highly unlikely we'd have had friction in the right spot. This won't make me careless but I am a little bit reassured.

Hi ladies, I think this might be my first post! I'm having a bad night worrying myself sick that I may have passed herpes on to someone and remembered this forum exists. I am an absolute mess tonight BUT that's not what I wanted to say in response to your posts. I'm a similar age to you and have been positive for 11 years. What I want to say to you is that it does get better, I promise!! I haven't had an outbreak in years (what's happening tonight may not be an outbreak because I have other health issues that confuse things and it's just my anxiety torturing me) and I take valtrex for peace of mind. And in the last 11 years I've had wonderful relationships and fantastic sex. Yes herpes fucking sucks and I'd give anything to take it away but it hasn't been the death of intimacy the way I thought it would have been. The likelihood of outbreaks tends to go down overtime so although it feels like the end of the world right now, I promise you that it won't be. Hang in there xx