Dealing with Disclosure ·
You are still the same person you were before diagnosis, but in common with many other major events, there are experiences that change lives forever.
You might find that this is what being diagnosed with HIV means for you. Some of these experiences will be good and some will be not so good.
Feeling that you want to tell others of your status or that you want to keep this information to yourself can be stressful.
“I think what’s at stake every time is your own sense of … your own vulnerability … your own sense of self worth … and your own sense of self esteem … how that is going to be affected by the possibility that somebody is potentially going to have a bad reaction.” – Sam
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