It’s always so refreshing to read about supportive friends and family members – people who don’t judge someone who has contracted HSV2, but instead, embrace them. Bravo to this interviewee’s support network, because they are the one’s getting it right. Many people get diagnosed and then deal with slut-shaming, disparaging remarks from their medical practitioners, […]
HSV2 – It Has Made Me Honest – STI Interviews
Thank you, interviewee, for your honesty and candor about disclosing to past partners. It’s so important that we don’t beat ourselves up over the decisions we regret and instead, learn from those experiences. You are not alone in having made that choice, only to regret it later, and those feelings help us to understand other […]
HSV2 – Trying to See the Positives – STI Interviews
Were you judgy about people with herpes before you were diagnosed? Yup? Us too. Did you think only certain kinds of people contracted HSV? Yup? Us too. Were you sure that HSV2 wasn’t something you ever had to worry about? Yup? Us too. But we were all so wrong. And that’s ok. This interviewee is […]
Genital HSV1 – There’s a lot Your Doctor Doesn’t Know – STI Interviews
When we think about medical practitioners, it’s easy to forget that they’re just people, like the rest of us. Some of them are well-informed, empathetic, and thorough, while others project their own stigma onto us as they’re handing out a new diagnosis. Some of the not so good ones just lack a comprehensive understanding of […]
HSV1 vs HSV2 – What’s the Difference Between Oral and Genital Herpes – STD Podcast
And we’re back (again)!!! After the holidays and a long-distance move, the STD Podcast is back up and running!!! Same great content, just a little different scenery – I’m still organizing my office and video motif, but overall, I couldn’t be more pleased, because The STI Project is now in Asheville, NC!!! We’re global, actually, […]
HSV2 & Suicide – Don’t Do What I Did, Get Help – STI Interviews
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 […]