How do we treat the symptoms of the isolation and loneliness that this disease creates. Most of the time I am fine being on my own but then you see a LGBTQI film and you long for a meaningful connection with someone to share my life with. I have a couple of really good friends that fill the need for social outings. This disease is inheritantly isolating because of the physical restrictions that come with it. The emotional aspect of being "tainted" makes building relationships hard. Not… read more
You are never alone❤️🙏
usually as the holidays come into play, I start to get plagued by anxiety or depression thinking about things that could’ve been thinking about people I miss thinking about people that have passed and for me can get overwhelming and I get stuck in a loophole of thinking what are some tools that some of you used to escape recently I found the app calledcom and I also started exercising I run almost every day. What are some tips that you guys used to deal with these things that are positive?
Personally I ignore the Holidays, and carry on as normal. On Christmas Day shops are still open here, and I will be organising my Squirrels Christmas Party..Being occupied or having a distraction… read more
Looking for support
That would be great !!
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Do you suffer from anxiety, depression fear, anger …etc.? Has HIV prompted this or made it worse?
Do you think our primary care physicians and HIV facilities should look into short and long term effects on mental health with HIV infection?
Do you think it should be treated as a serious problem?
The “obvious” answer is yes.
With covid-19 ,..now two years strong and this winter storm at its peak, depression and isolation set in.
Or,...... just life in general.
Do you feel overwhelmed or sad at times?
A lot of stigma.
A man is attracted to you but you disengage due to your status.
Any New dating sites for the positive community out there yet? If not what'll it take to get one started?
Me personally I've been through things I only deal with women however as I said before I met women I like and we became close and I never told her about my status be honest with you I used to start… read more
It infected by day 7 and went to urgent care, get treatment. But my question is do we need to approach wound care differently? If so, how?
Thanks @A myHIVteam Member. It is healing slowly but surely.
Where and how do you store HIV medication in hot Countries? We have an extreme heatwave in the UK, but HIV medication should not be stored at more than 77 fahrenheit. We dont have airconditoning as standard in the UK.
@A myHIVteam Member, I live in Michigan. In the summer, it gets very hot and humid here. 95F/35C air temp and 120F/49C humidity temp. I don't have air conditioning. I just use silica gel packets. They… read more