Living and Learning: How to Cope With Herpes
Being diagnosed with herpes is already difficult. Learn how you can deal and manage your day to day cycle of living knowing you have this disease.
Herpes may raise strong emotional issues, especially in the first few weeks or months after a diagnosis. Some people initially feel embarrassment, shame, anger, or depression. The good news is that these emotions tend to fade away over time. Some studies have shown that even six months can make a difference in adjusting to herpes.
- How to speed the process of adjusting to herpes
- Destroy your herpes shame and embrace your imperfections
- Overcome the stigma of herpess
- How to increase your self-esteem
- Is having herpes a big deal?
- The herpes self-acceptance process
- How to deal with depression after a herpes diagnosis
- Inspirational Stories
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You might feel mad, embarrassed, ashamed, or upset at first when you hear the news. You may spend time to learn how to live with herpes. Know the facts about treatment, handle your feelings and learn how to date with herpes. Read more about living and learning: how to cope with herpes.
There are treatment options available for herpes virus. Many of these treatments can help speed up the healing time of the lesions and reduce the frequency and severity of their recurrences. Read more about herpes treatment.
Many people have experienced such severe depression after a herpes diagnosis. It is important to know that things will get better over time. For most people, the first outbreak is the worst. Get more tips about how to overcome the depresion after a herpes diagnosis.
Lot of people feel shame after diagnosis, a diagnosis of herpes is an opportunity for most people to discover where they are in regard to shame and healthy self-concept, and even the strongest will likely feel the ripple effect for some time after they are diagnosed. Read more about how to destory your herpes shame.
Do not let herpes define you. Herpes does not change all the good and wonderful things that make you ‘you’. It has nothing to do with your intelligence, social habits, or bank account. Read more how to boost your self esteem.
Herpes is just a skin rash. Having herpes isn’t actually that big of a deal.. Read more Having herpes? It's not a big deal at allm.
Normalizing herpes in your whole life starts with normalizing it inside your head first. Read more how to let herpes a minor inconvenience instead of a life-stopper.
Have herpes & feel alone? Meet nearby people with herpes
PositiveSingles is one of the most popular dating websites for people suffering from herpes and other STD. It was initiated in 2001. With 1,510,800+ members you are sure to find lots of potentail people around you.
Join and meet nearby people with herpes, browse and chat now!