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@ShatteredHeart05 I'm so sorry you feel the same way that I did. I have been feeling a lot better recently after about a month of being really sad about it. I feel like this has given me a reason to finally put myself first and it has made me realize how much of a good person I am and how much I have to offer. I know you may feel really down for a while but you may feel better sooner then you think. For me, this was like a realization about my health and that I am not invincible and I can honestly say I am grateful that this is my only health problem. I keep thinking like I could have had a much more serious STD and I am just beyond grateful that this is what I was diagnosed with. I really hope you start to feel better soon and I know you will. If you think about it the majority of people that have HSV either 1 or 2 and minus the stigma its literally nothing for us because our outbreaks are almost nonexistent. I am just so happy that I am still healthy and that this virus does not effect me very much.

I'm so upset and I cannot stop crying since I've gotten my diagnosis two weeks ago. I feel like my life is completely over; I don't want to live like this. I don't want to have to tell every single person that I would be with that I'm disgusting. I only have one small dot that I made myself get checked bc I'm an overly anxious person. I can't sleep or eat and I'm just so sad. I really don't want to live anymore. I don't know what to do with myself. And I've been reading all these posts about people having successful disclosures and stuff but I just know that it would never happen for me. And then I think I wouldn't want to disclose but then I would feel like a terrible person and feel even worse. I just don't know what to do with myself. I feel like there is nothing worth doing in life. This has honestly ruined my life and I know people say that it doesn't but it really has for me. It has taken what little self confidence I had. I'm just so sad and I know I'm not going to be able to get over this. All of my friends think that I'm acting different and that I'm not myself and its because I'm so depressed. I'm so sad that I did this to myself. I'm only 20 and I feel like I'm never going to have fun or be happy again.

I know you guys are right. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I am just so upset that this happened and how it might really hurt me in the future. Thanks so much for your advice.

I just found out that I have HSV2. I've been so upset about it recently and was almost suicidal about it. I've been doing so much research and I cannot believe how common this is and I'm more upset now about how this could potentially stop me from getting married or having kids which is all I want in life. I wish I did not go to get tested because I only had one small cut, but I am a nursing major so I knew to always test everything. I just feel like if I wasn't as vigilant or cautious I would have never known and I feel like its so unfair :(. I'm wondering if it is so bad not to disclose to a partner in the future. I don't want this to ruin my life, I know I would feel so guilty to do this but i'm at the point if i would rather feel guilty or just die. I'm only 20 years old and I feel like my life is over before I even started. I haven't told the guy that I got this from because I don't want to ruin his life like I feel mine is.