How do you know if your HIV is blooming and what do you do if it happens?

asking for a friend...

Do you have any other intakes, practices, or routines to lessen these effects?

Hi all, I was wondering if people who have been poz for 30+ years can help a fellow member. @A myHIVteam Member is dealing with some depression and knowing you have been through a lot during the AIDS crisis with everything, depression, friends dying, discrimination and the list goes on, I was hoping you can give @A myHIVteam Member some words of advice on how you all cope and coped with this dreadful disease.
Thank you in advance.

Here in the Northern hemisphere, especially above let's say 30 to 35 parallel, it is getting dark much quicker now, and we will still be losing daylight for another 6 more weeks. The farther North you go, the more and faster you lose daylight.
Some people get seasonal depression with all of the darkness. How do you cope with the darkness and what seems to help with your seasonal depression?

HIV can be spread through unprotected sex. Many here have become infected through this source.
When you are having sex now, does your HIV come into play?

During the darker, colder, cloudier winter months, many people suffer from seasonal depression. My question is during these months when the sun does finally come out and shine, how do you take advantage of it? Does it change your mood for the day? Do you seem happier?

I feel like I am reliving the beginning of the HIV epidemic back in the 80's. Lots of feelings from back then come to mind again. The lack of both the Reagan and Trump administration to ignore the science and growing numbers of cases and deaths, thus acting much too late. Tremendous fear of the unknown, and the feeling "am I going to get It"? All the loss of lives. And so much more. I feel numb. I think many of the long termers like me can relate especially to this. The good news, I… read more