Imagine, brainwashing our entire generation, and our previous generation to believe that oral #herpes is “just a cold sore” and not actually herpes with the same potential risks as genital herpes?! Seems like a recipe for disaster.
Hard pill to swallow: not knowing someone’s #herpes status is the NORM. Both #hsv1 and #hsv2 can cause genital herpes. More people have either than do not.
Having #herpes says nothing bad about you unless you say bad things to yourself. #marcusaurelius said it best: “Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”
If both #hsv1 and #hsv2 can cause genital herpes, then upwards of 70% of the global population can give you genital #herpes… good luck avoiding the risk. Stay informed and stay “safer.”
Imagine demonizing genital herpes and not informing people that the common cold sore can infect your mouth AND your genitals regardless of symptoms present. Ahh ignorance is blissss.
Imagine if herpes could see how much of a nonsensical stigma we invented for a generally harmless virus compared to others conditions. It would laugh and then give us an outbreak just for lols
#Herpes support groups are great, initially. However what if they become an echo chamber - if you engage long term - that reinforces your negative beliefs and prevents you from adopting a new more productive and positive identity and outlook?
What if for a full 24 hours, everything you thought about herpes and about yourself, you just did the opposite of? See how you'd feel and see if by the end of the 24 hours, you'd revert back to your old damaging thoughts patters...