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hiv stress. please help!

i'm sorry my english is not good

I would like to know that if i fell asleep and someone intentionally inject me with syringe, would i feel any pain and wake up from the sleep or if it's possible to not notice if someone inject you. Thanks a lot and any oppinion is appreciated.
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1699033 tn?1514113133
I understand completely.  You are worrying about the chance that you could get this virus that has a stigma attached to it.  And you are worried you are going to get it in a way that really is not a documented way of transmission.  What that tells me is that you have a tendency toward possibly OCD or anxiety in general and I just want to say that if it is really taking over your life, then you do need to seek some outside help.  I don't know how easy it will be for you to see a psychologist but if you can I think it will go a long way in helping you.  
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thank you for your response

yeah i know that there's no documented case of people get hiv from syringe attack. but i always thinking negatively. and my mind keep telling me about "what if" scenario

but in my country, people with hiv often do not accept in society. they're isolate from the community. lot of them feel loneliness. thats why i think they want to spread hiv to random people. and while i in train, somebody who look like drug user, always looked at me

sorry my english is not good. i hope you understand
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I did look up some information on Jakarta and yes it does have a high incidence of HIV infections.  However the web page that I am attaching mentions only the ways that HIV is truly transmitted.  Via sex with an HIV infected person, mother to child transmission, and IV drug use.  Nowhere in the link below does it mention people randomly going around and sticking people with a syrine filled with HIV.

http://www.memorylogix.com/the-reason-of-highest-hiv-transmission-in-jakarta.html


Why on earth, other than a disorder that lends itself to irrational thinking, would you think that somebody would do this to you?
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i dont have been under any stress lately.. just because there's issue in my country that people with hiv tried to spread the virus to other people with syringe attack
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1699033 tn?1514113133
Hi there.  This is obviously an irrational thought.  Can I ask, have you been under any stress lately...has something happened in your life that has changed?   What set you down the path to HIV irrational thinking?  
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I am trying to help you but this thinking is not rational.It won't happen.Please stop worrying.
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even when i sleep i would wake up? im affraid that someone might injected me with hiv while i sleep in train. because someone  who look like drug user always look at me when i was sitting in train

i know this looked like being paranoid but please help
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I believe you would know if someone injected you with a syringe,you would feel it.Why would you think someone would do this to you anyway? I think you are being paranoid.
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