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Severe hiv anxiety after night out

Hello, I am currently experiencing a severe episode of anxiety and not even eating.  I was out at a bar with a friend about 10 days ago.   My friend left before me and I ended up staying until after midnight and I drank too much which was irresponsible of me.  In my drunk state I had a brief chat with a girl who also turned out to be a sex worker.  I remember buying her a drink and intentionally walking away as I was not looking for that.  I am very risk averse when it comes to sexual matters and I am faithful my girlfriend.  I continued drinking alone.

I ended up getting drunk to the point where I cannot remember some things about the night including my journey home.  I worry about whether I had any other interaction with that girl which I do not remember.  I have tried to reconstruct the parts of the night which I do not remember to ease my anxiety .  I have viewed CCTV footage at my house which shows that I arrived home alone.  I was so worried that I also went back to the bar where I was and asked the security team to help me by confirming what time I left and whether I was alone.  Although they did not show me the footage due to their policy (they say they only show footage if there is a police report) they informed me verbally that they checked and their footage shows me leaving and driving off alone.

Normally the drive home takes no more than 30mins but I arrived home after about 1hour and 10 mins that morning judging from the time I was told I left the bar and the time stamp on the CCTV footage at the house.  I keep wondering why it took me so long and by any chance if I was with that girl.  I would like to believe it took me a while to get home because I got lost several times in my drunk state however I cannot stop worrying about whether I could be wrong about this.

I also later found a number in my pocket which belongs to that girl which was handwritten on a receipt from that same bar ( I have not contacted her). I dot not recall asking for but I may have in my drunk state.  This worries me further because I keep wondering if she gave it to me at the bar or whether this has anything to do with me getting home later than usual.

I have no eveidence of sexual activity from that night but I am so worried about hiv and constantly wondering if anything happened with her since I cannot recall everything and there is time I am unable to account for.

I can't stop worrying and dont know the risk
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Dude. Just being real here. I don't even know what you are asking. This is a forem to assess hiv risk from real encounters. You frankly sound like you have a drinking problem or suffer delusions. There is no question here about an actual known event. Take care.
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I appreciate your response.  The concern comes from not knowing whether I exposed myself or not
We are supposed to risk assess if you had an encounter you don't remember? It's not able to be done nor fair to ask. Take care.
Noted. Thank you
I am guessing that the worst that might have happened is she stole some money from you because a sex worker doesn't want to have sex with you if they don't have to, so will just take your money if you're drunk.
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