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hiv information to deal with hiv phobia

Good morning, I am a healthy person , but last december I suffered from a traumatic event that caused me anxiety since a woman that was claiming to be a doctor put my life at risk. My qurstion is about hiv since I developed an hiv phobia due to the traumatic event. Last week, I was at a supermarket and a man passed me a soap that was contained inside of a four edges thick plastic bag when the man gave me the thick plastic bag he was holding it from below so I took the bag from above when I took the bag I felt a small cut because I touched one of the sharp parts of the bag. There was no visible blood in the bag and there was no visible blood in my super small cut. Do you think I am just being scaring myself due to my recently developed anxiety? Can people get infected for getting cut by a thick sharp plastic bag like 2 seconds after someone else has touched it or posibli scratched  with it?. Do you think I just need to move on and try to get over this event to be a normal girl again? I heard that anxiety can be caused by traumatic events just like the one I got with this woman that was not a doctor who confused one of my health test claiming that I could die due to cancer. Now that I am sure that I am healthy because of an authentic test I got I just want to move on with my life knowing that this supermarket event was not a risk of hiv since the scratch was near one of my finger veins. It was a week ago. A non bleedind superficial scratch. There was no blood in the sharp plastic bag and there was no blood in my finger. God bless you , please help me by answering me if you think this is anxiety and that I did not had any risk.  I am not sexually active and I do not use drugs.
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Thank you for your answer God bless you. I just needed to confirm this was anxiety to move on.
thank you
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HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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