I'm used to it I suppose. A friend at work died of AIDS, I guess it could be worse. Only two people know I have herpes, my sister and my last boyfriend who dumped me. Its going on two years since I slept with anyone. I just turned thirty and my life feels like it's over.
Many people feel their life is over when they first discover they have herpes.
The shock and dismay can be overwhelming. The shame of a sexual life long illness can be permanently debilitating, if we let it. Feeling differently about ones herpes quickly becomes a confusing issue.