Moving Beyond Herpes Stigma: 3 Tools That Helped Me Heal

A Sex Therapist's Personal Journey Beyond Herpes Stigma

Getting diagnosed with herpes can bring a multitude of emotions. When I was first diagnosed, I went through all of them—confusion, humiliation, sadness, just to name a few.

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Almost ten years later, and having herpes feels more like a piece of uninteresting information about me rather than something that suffocates me or leaves me numb.

People will ask me, “How did you do it? How did you stop caring about having it?”

The truth is, it didn’t happen in a certain amount of time or without effort. There wasn’t some magical download that guaranteed my healing. But there were three tools that helped me heal and move forward—tools that might help you, too.