How to overcome fear of hiv
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I have a fear of catching STDs especially HIV. That's the reason why I stopped my sex life but then started seeing someone I really like.
We use protection each time but I worry about HIV rest of the time. I'm waiting to get tested once it passes 4 weeks.
All I do is read about STDs and just worry.
What are my chances of getting HIV when I protect myself? I just want to live a normal life.
You were advised that you didn't posses any risk for HIV transmission from your incident. Please accept the help offered to you.
This forum is specific to HIV concern and you don't have a relevant issue that needs to be discussed here. You can seek help from a professional counselor to overcome your irrational fears. Also, there is an anxiety forum on this website, you could post there to discuss about your options.
We have an HIV forum here at Medhelp. Have you posted your question there yet?
You've had all the tests you need and so did your partner. Of course you know you don't have HIV. I do understand that this can be a huge fear for some people and hard to believe you don't have it even when all of the tests say you absolutely do not. If you can't get over your fear I would recommend seeing a counselor to help you with this.
That is how OCD works. That is why a psychologist who teaches cognitive behavioral therapy would be in your best interest. You really don't know how to counter these thoughts. You need to learn how to stop them when they start and not let them go on and on leading you to the catastrophizing thought. It is pretty amazing how our mind can latch on to something and trick us. That is what it is really...a trick of the mind that puts us at war with ourselves.
I have had a toothache/facepain for over two weeks, I know I need to go and see a dentist but I have a great fear of going because of cetain circumstances that happened while going to the dentist as a child. I have been taking advil for the pain and most times it is tolerable but now it seems to be getting worse as it is keeping me awake at night.
I am going through this. I have ocd.
reading about it dont help it will just heighten your anxiety,the recorded deaths are tragic,but in comparrison to the success rate of themit do put it in to a prospective,just tell your fears to the person who is going to give you the needle ask any questions you need to ask and remember they cannot force you to have anything done that you dont wish to have done.
Hello Everyone, I don't know where to start so I guess at the beginning is best. Back in February i had an incident where I was spit on, whether accidentally or on purpose I don't know but I guess it doesn't really matter. I was fine for a few days as I have always known that saliva isn't infectious. shortly after, the what if's started. I started thinking maybe he had bleeding gums a sore, ect ,ect. Finally i wrote in and got great advice from teak.
t stop yourself from going? That also is a real problem. The issue of no self control to stop going to seedy massage centers to get jerked off by a stranger you pay . . . is it an addiction? This will never get better unless you address a number of things in your life. What type of therapy is available to you? Find out and dive in! I don't judge you for going for the hand jobs---- other than to say if you complain of the anxiety after, then it is up to you to not go.
The thing is sometimes I do feel like I dont have anything and I believe it, but when I get sick or see/feel something wrong on my body , I quickly associate it to HIV. I want to get pass it but it seems that I can never remove that fear because I always think of a "what if" I know for sure the condom never broke plus the last sex worker was straight foward that she was clean and recommended me a place if I ever needed to test for std , instructing me also to be careful with girls.
I was trying to get assurance on one symptoms, another symptoms I will pickup from the internet, like this cycle continuing, While browsing the anxiety I came across a word Variant Angina(which is without blockage, your arteries will go to temporary spasm/stop blood) I somehow manage to overcome this fear after lot of efforts but, one setback came, that, the way to diagnose is to hyperventilate the patient & do EKg. Since then i got more feared.
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child
Have you tried focused slow breathing, walking, aromatherapy, acupuncture, massage, redirect by doing something?
Also...low Vitamin D3 and magnesium can contribute to anxiety and depression.
I was trying to get assurance on one symptoms, another symptoms I will pickup from the internet, like this cycle continuing, While browsing the anxiety I came across a word Variant Angina(which is without blockage, your arteries will go to temporary spasm/stop blood) I somehow manage to overcome this fear after lot of efforts but, one setback came, that, the way to diagnose is to hyperventilate the patient & do EKg. Since then i got more feared.
To overcome anxiety, one must understand the logic of why the brain is feeling threatened, it sends messages to the body saying its under threat. New pathways need to be created to overcome the old programming. So for example, if you panic over a fear of flying, you must start flying and let the brain realise that its all okay, and reprogram the thoughts.
However, the fear of dying can't really be practiced. Some buddhists meditate in a morgue as it is the closest we can get to dying.
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