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How to stop my anxiety
I exposed my case (http://bit.ly/1LCTZTi), and everybody told me that I´m fine, but I can´t stop thinking about having HIV. I can´t concentrate, Im worried almost all the time, I spend hours a day reading through forums about HIV. Some say I don´t need to be tested, but do you think it would put my mind at rest for good? When should I get tested?
I suffer from anxiety, and in the past I needed medication and I had to go to a psychologist for therapy.
The thruth is that when you read in in forums like this people's cases, how worry they are about having an std like hiv or something, the message I get (you know, a man with anxiety) is that you should not have sex at all. I mean, I think I´m starting to be afraid about having sex. Imagine this scenario: every time I have sex I am going to start worrying about it, telling my case in every forum, waiting for the people answers to know if I am at any risk. And then, when they tell me I´m fine, I will be worried anyway, because of my anxiety.
What do you think of this? What should I do? Ask every woman I meet and want to get laid for an HIV or std´s test?
When I feel a disconfort in my throat or feel sick, I inmediatly think on HIV. How do I stop this? How to control my anxiety? A lot of people told me that I´m fine, that I was'nt exposed at any STD, but I still going crazy sometimes.
Thank you very much to listen to a very anxious man.
I suffer from anxiety, and in the past I needed medication and I had to go to a psychologist for therapy.
The thruth is that when you read in in forums like this people's cases, how worry they are about having an std like hiv or something, the message I get (you know, a man with anxiety) is that you should not have sex at all. I mean, I think I´m starting to be afraid about having sex. Imagine this scenario: every time I have sex I am going to start worrying about it, telling my case in every forum, waiting for the people answers to know if I am at any risk. And then, when they tell me I´m fine, I will be worried anyway, because of my anxiety.
What do you think of this? What should I do? Ask every woman I meet and want to get laid for an HIV or std´s test?
When I feel a disconfort in my throat or feel sick, I inmediatly think on HIV. How do I stop this? How to control my anxiety? A lot of people told me that I´m fine, that I was'nt exposed at any STD, but I still going crazy sometimes.
Thank you very much to listen to a very anxious man.
I would pick partners that sound reasonable enough to get a test for you. Make them go with you before having sex. Then still use a CONDOM
hey ivan i am the exact sane way plus i had a shoulder injury from sports that makes me always think their is something wrong my leg, knee, etc . I find hearing other peoples stories on here helps me talk to your family. I have been hypochondriacin myself i had a real short unprotected sex stint that looks like it didnt last through June but it still worries me i got a Hiv 1 and 2 test done its been over two months trying to figure out the exact date I cut this women off but the test was negative, so was chalymdia and gonnorhea. Should i get another one in a couple weeks?
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