Just diagnosed. My thoughts are dim, I feel like my love life will never be the same. I'm looking to this support group because I know you all know how I'm feeling. Please enlighten me
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I have a hard time believing someone who loves you will be turned away from this. I have heard so many stories of people being able to have pretty normal sex life with their partners except when they have an outbreak. A period is more likely to get in the way than herpes itself. Its going to be those worthless flings and random lusts that will be harder to have.
I have been panicking over this for awhile but then I think about if my partner who gave this to me would have just told me instead of hiding me and putting this permanent illness on me, I would have been fine with it I think. Especially after learning how easy it is to still have a relatively normal sex life with it, you just need to be more careful!
BTW i was diagnosed just yesterday.
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Youre love life is NOT over. I just recently started dating a beautiful girl whom in H pos. But prior to me even having HSV I dated two girls that were pos, and had great relationships with both of them.
Thank you both. I just hope it gets easier to tell others and live normally
Like everything in life, it does get easier with time. I also love encouraging people to educate themselves about it. It's really not that big of a deal and carries a way bigger stigma than it really deserves. It's a very manageable condition. I personally have actually improved my life due to this condition, managing it through living a healthier and more stress free life. As for relationships, I find it's a great filter to find out who's interested in only a "fling" and who's interested in something real. It will get better. Good luck.
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