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  1. I was diagnosed with HSV2 in 2008 and after years feeling unlovable and dirty and worthless (yay outdated and false stigma!!) , I’ve reached the point of acceptance and it does impact my daily life anymore. However, I was on a Facebook group chat the other day and the question was posed “would you date someone with herpes?”. After reading thru the comments, I was absolutely floored that people were so uneducated about this virus. I was fully prepared for the negativity but some of the outdated and pure false information got me upset that people were making decisions based on false information. So, I explained some of the facts…how it’s common, there are two types, you can not have any symptoms for years so most don’t know they have it, it’s not included in the standard std testing, that the stigma is often worse than actually having it, the % of people that have it, etc. I didn’t go into my personal details, just the main facts that I wanted people to know so they could make an informed decision. I thought it might be helpful to some people as it was clear that people had wrong information. The backlash that I got was overwhelming and I had several people personally attack me calling me dirty, a whore, disgusting, saying they they would pray for my vagina, laughing at the statement I made when I said the stigma was worse than the virus itself. I just ended up responding with a general statement of how I was just trying to provide some information about the virus by providing medical facts from reputable medical sites. I was at a loss for words to say anything else. But honestly, I’ve been reeling for days about how it made me feel. Has anyone experienced something like this? How did you respond? I’m shocked about how upsetting this was to me when I don’t even know these people and will never meet them in person. It took me so long to accept myself and have the courage to even talk about it.
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