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If I Were Diagnosed with Herpes Today: 3 Things I Would Do Differently with Alexandra Harbushka
Life With Herpes
English - June 06, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes - 5.76 MB - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsSexuality Health & Fitness Society & Culture Personal Journals std sti genitalherpes herpes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I was diagnosed with herpes in 2011. That doesn’t sound like it was too long ago and that we haven't had to many changes but really, when you think about it we’ve had a ton of technological changes. Let me take you back to 2011. There was google, but it wasn’t what it is today. There was Facebook and Instagram, but neither had the impact that they have today. So what I’m trying to say is that there wasn’t the information out there that there is now. When I googled herpes, or who had herpes back in 2011, the only information that came up was something very sterile from either WebMD or Planned Parenthood that just gave the facts about herpes but didn’t help with the stigma. I think I logged off feeling worse about myself than when the doctor told me about my diagnosis.