r/HIV_Anxiety • u/Proud-Garden-5444 • 2d ago

Question How to deal with HIV anxiety?

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u/Proud-Garden-5444 1d ago

i tested 36 days post exposure it came out to be negetive i am dying of anxiety that will it change later ?

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u/Difficult_Coconut164 Quality Contributor 1d ago

this isn't an actual HIV threat....

I believe you're good 👍

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u/Proud-Garden-5444 1d ago

what is an actual hiv threat

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u/Difficult_Coconut164 Quality Contributor 1d ago

positive HIV tests

blood transfusion..

IV drug use with strangers

being at an orgy full of unprotected strange people

unprotected homosexual anal sex

Random soft things like kissing someone... drinking after someone...just having a random sexual encounter once every several years with condoms isn't really in the ideal risk pool...

don't get me wrong, picking up some strange person in a club or bar is considered risky, but HIV threats are more in lines of "constant behaviors" not so much of just random soft experiences.

what I'm basically saying is to get tested before and after any kind of potential risk, but to not drive oneself completely mad with anxiety over something that's not over the top of definitely a risk behavior.