Presented by http://HSVInfoHub.net. | For someone who is living with herpes, life can be frustrating during times of outbreak. Since HSV remains in the body for life, many people with herpes suffer from depression and frustration knowing that there’s no known cure for herpes. Herpes support groups helps those living with herpes deal with the psychological aspects of HSV and provide information about treating herpes, and general research.

1. Living With Herpes?
How Herpes Support Groups Can Help.

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3. For someone who is living with herpes, life
can be frustrating during times of
outbreak. Since HSV remains in the body
for life, many people with herpes suffer
from depression and frustration knowing
that there’s no known cure for herpes.
Herpes support groups helps those living
with herpes deal with the psychological
aspects of HSV and provide information
about treating herpes, and general
research.

4. Many people living with herpes have a
constant mix of emotions. They either feel
ashamed, helpless, or dirty, or simply just
want the pain to go away.
Regardless of the information available on
the web that helps people living with
herpes with tips on how to relieve pain and
side effects associated with herpes, at
times it’s not enough. That’s why herpes
support groups are extremely important.

5. The International Herpes Alliance defines
a herpes support group as an entity that
can provide medical advice, refer patients
to clinics and doctors and help people
living with herpes pass through different
emotional stages.
They say that for most people living with
herpes, genital herpes is a psychological
disease, not a physical one. For many
people living with herpes, that’s a fact
because normally, they are afraid of herpes
and the stigma that surrounds it, and often
fear rejection.

6. Some people just deny being affected by
herpes altogether.
These are the people spreading herpes
unknowingly to their partners because of
their fear to acknowledge and accept their
diagnosis.

7. Deep inside, these herpes
sufferers often feel dirty and
ugly, and lack self-esteem and
confidence.
Going to a herpes support
group will help them express
themselves and build
confidence, eventually
breaking the isolation that
they confine themselves in
and helping them realize that
herpes doesn’t have to ruin
your life.

8. People living with herpes
usually feel very frustrated
after they’ve first been
diagnosed. Many wonder, “is
this the end of my sex life?”
“Is there a cure?” “How do I
get rid of it?”
These are all very common
questions on the minds of
many people learning of an
HSV infection.

9. Talking about it freely and no
longer feeling lonely and
embarrassed will help release the
pressure brought on by herpes.
Some people living with herpes
will talk a lot about it, as they
find a feeling of release in
sharing with others. Others will
only speak to a few people, or
holding back as they’re still
coping with HSV.
Either way, getting support and
staying well informed is the first
step toward empowerment.

10. After visiting a herpes support
group, people eventually learn to
adapt and control herpes – or at
least not let it control them.
If you’re living with herpes and
you feel depressed, ashamed, or
loneliness, you may want to
participate in a local herpes
support group.

11. Online support groups are a good
place to start and there are
several to choose from.
People can learn to talk about
herpes, share personal
experience, and speak with
others who are living with herpes
and are in control.
Seeing that other people get on
with their lives as normal relieves
part of the anxiety.

12. To have a chance to listen to
some of the herpes sufferers who
have overcome their hardships in
dealing with HSV and talk about
feeling better about themselves,
living a normal life, and
responsible herpes dating and
sexual activities helps others with
herpes know that they too can go
about a normal life without
letting the disease keep them
down.

13. Local herpes support groups
can offer human face-to-face
contact, which is essential for
people who feel ashamed and
tend to withdraw into
themselves.
For those who are more
embarrassed and ashamed
about having herpes, it may
be a little more difficult to
attend local herpes support
groups, but it will help them
break the barriers of fear, and
move forward to a healthy
and confident way of living
going forward.

14. Going to a local herpes support
group, meeting people, and
shaking hands with them, may
be an important step toward
self-acceptance and love.

15. Herpes is rampantly growing in
our society, which means more
and more people are living with
herpes. Taking care of the
physical part of the disease is
like treating only a small
portion of the pain with asprin.

16. Doctors usually don’t provide psychological
support for people who are living with
herpes.
Statistics confirm that most people are left
dissatisfied and confused after their doctors
appointments.
Herpes Support groups can provide the
friendly environment that a doctor office
can’t.

17. Herpes can be controlled and doesn’t have the
power to ruin our love or sex lives – we do.
If we accept HSV, then maybe we can help
people understand that it is not as bad as it seems.
Together, we can promote healthier ways to
respond to STDs in general.

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