Still feeling depressed...
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Hi Everyone,
First of all I would just like to say how grateful I am for this website, it is the only thing that reminds me that I am not the only one struggling with this horrible virus.
I started seeing someone a few months prior to my diagnosis, it took me a long time to open up to him until we eventually slept together. Two weeks afterwards I found one sore, I knew straight away I knew what is was, but I went to get tested anyway. I sat in the chair, and the nurse told me that she was 90% sure I had herpes- I have never sobbed so much in my life!! A month later by test results came back positive for HSV1. I couldnt even imagine the thought of having to tell someone, so I ended things with him very quickly.
Over the last few months I have tried to tell myself that it is ONLY a skin disease, it only lasts for a few days, it really isnt the end of the world. But I then had another o/b two weeks ago- it just made me go back to feeling down and depressed! I have always been so careful, used condoms, had regular screenings- why me?
There isnt a day that goes by where I do not think about my status. I have been asked to be taken out a few times since, but i'm too scared to get involved as I am terrified of disclosing. At 20 years old its such a difficult thing for people to understand.
I would just like to know how people try to cope with it, and how people attempt to tell new partners? I don't want to feel depressed forever!
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kaya38189 ag1194
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I hope this some what helps
ag1194 kaya38189
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Yeah, I know that it really isn't that bad... But other people don't! And everyone assumes its a disgusting thing to have. Just makes me feel horrible
kaya38189 ag1194
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you know the truth. If they want to call you names and say bad things about you/it. Let them, don't let it bring you down.
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