A quick search through my inbox indicates that around 10% of all the interviews we’ve done mention considering suicide or suicide attempts after a herpes diagnosis, and in the case of this interviewee, after a malicious and intentional HSV2 transmission. The good news is, the vast majority of all herpes transmissions are not malicious or […]
HSV2 and HPV – All Adventurous Women Do – STI Interviews
This interview reminds me how important access to empathetic, inclusive, and comprehensive resources can completely change the outcome of an HSV2 diagnosis. Sure, getting diagnosed with herpes isn’t ideal, but it’s also not the end of the world or even the end of dating, relationships, and sex. It can definitely feel that way at first, […]
Your Herpes Exposure and Herpes Transmission Risk – STD Podcast
Readers, listeners, and viewers have been pouring in questions, and we are here for it! Today, we had the pleasure of answering one of your anonymous questions from Tumblr about herpes transmission risk! Anon asks: “I just found out I was exposed to HSV2 about three months ago. I just started a new relationship a week […]
Genital Herpes, HSV2 – On Casual Sex with Herpes – STI Interviews
From the author, posted anonymously with her permission: First of all, I’m really glad this site exists and conversations like “can people with STDs have casual sex?” are being talked about. I don’t think there are enough resources for what to do once you have an STD, and how to live a normal and happy […]
Herpes – It Isn’t Who I Am, It Is Something I Have – STI Interviews
Interviews like these give me hope for folks who are recently diagnosed with herpes. Although it took me years to get over the stigma and to realize that herpes doesn’t define me any more than the color of my hair defines me, I know it doesn’t have to take that long for others. In the […]
Genital HSV1 – People Are Really Misinformed – STD Stories
This essay was submitted anonymously after the author visited some of our STI Interviews. She chose to write a short story, as opposed to answering the more traditional STD interview questions. Genital HSV1 and a Torn ACL I’m 20 years old, and I’m currently a sophomore in college working towards a degree in athletic training. […]
Herpes No Condom – On Sex without Condoms- STD Podcast
Welcome back to The STI Project’s STD Podcast! Do you remember our podcast from a few years ago? Probably not. I don’t really either. It’s been a long time. So let’s start again by talking about Herpes No Condom or Sex without a Condom… Are you excited? We are. This is a question we receive […]
HSV2 – I’m Completely Asymptomatic – STI Interviews
It’s always interesting how an HSV2 diagnosis can rock your perception of yourself, making you question your sex appeal and your worth in an instant. Is our appeal, our worth that fragile? I mean, yes, obviously it is, as that was my experience too, but why? Why are we so easily rocked by something that […]