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Weight struggles
Weight struggles
Does anyone else have issues and struggles with weight control? Been going to gym etc still having hard time losing
Does status matter?
Does status matter?
Has your HIV status made a difference in your dating life?
When I first found out, I called a good friend that was a nurse. He and his BF both told me that now that I'm positive they were even more turned on. He… read more
Dating
Dating
I have known I am HIV + since July 2016. I have been reluctant to date because I am afraid to divulge my status due to the stigma associated with the disease. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Has HIV stopped you from dating?
Has HIV stopped you from dating?
Unfortunately, I have been rejected several times when I disclosed my HIV status....so, I’ve given up. I no longer wanted to be rejected and after a couple of times, I began to feel unwanted.
It’s been 8...9 years since I’ve been with anyone. I’ve simply stopped dating.
Has anyone else felt the same way? Has HIV stopped you from even trying to date?
How important is it to you to have the support of family and friends with living HIV positive?
How important is it to you to have the support of family and friends with living HIV positive?
Our HIV community advertises living happy and productive lives, but not all of us do. Not only have I been ostracized by non HIV positive people but I am also ostracized within the HIV community for speaking the truth about HIV. Those of us that are struggling usually struggle alone and to be honest I don’t think that it is HIV that kills us, it is the fact that we deal with the struggle alone and with majority of the… read more
Would you date someone who is HIV-, and if so, are there struggles?
Would you date someone who is HIV-, and if so, are there struggles?
Having a partner who is HIV- seems to have some frustrations at times. I find there are times where I can get quite frustrated because above all else, I just need someone who understands. So I will leave the question open... Would you date someone who is HIV-? If so, have you ever had frustrations or struggles with the fact that you are HIV+ and they are HIV-?
Would like to meet other people with the HIV virus N that struggle with substance abuse
Can a HIV positive person contaminate a swimming pool if they are not wearing a bathing suit?
Can a HIV positive person contaminate a swimming pool if they are not wearing a bathing suit?
I have a friend that informed me that he needed his bathing suit because his father was worried he would contaminate the swimming pool with HIV. I tried to reassure my friend, but he was quite ademate about that this was a serious threat.
Is this possible and if it's not, what can advice can i give him?
Read do research on it get educated on hiv it takes a whole lot of fear that you once had about hiv and puts it in perspective it did for me
HIV Prevention Commercials
HIV Prevention Commercials
Does it bother anyone (or offend) that the new commercials on regular and internet based television airwaves, for HIV/AIDS treatments, show gay men in loving and caring relationships as their poster senerio for needing PREP or Truvada or any other treatment?
Yes if you ask me they are just trying to make it look like it is a gay men’s problem.
How do you maintain a healthy mental state as well as a healthy status
How do you maintain a healthy mental state as well as a healthy status
Sometimes in being HIV positive for longer than 10 years you learn how to put on a front a mask and before ripping the mask off you find your mental being discombobulated because of Shoulda Coulda Woulda and what would they think and what someone's expectations are and can you just be fine in your own HIV body .How not to become depressed how not to become withdrawn or alienate yourself @A myHIVteam Member. Sometimes different struggles and… read more
