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I'm scared and really freaked out 
I just found out i got herpes and never knew i had, i been with my spouse for 11 years and i'm more scared for my children to get herpes from us cause ...

I CURED MY HERPES!!!!!!! 
Hello

To the world. My name is Bervin from Atlanta, and I completely cured myself of herpes HSV-1 a year ago. Before you say herpes is incurable then ...

It's not that bad! 
I've just contracted genital herpes simplex 1 about a month ago, I'm 21. I caught it from my new boyfriend who didn't know he had it and has never shown ...

*17 aNd scared Shitless* could Use advice 
I was diagnosed with Genital Herpes on Halloween of This year: 2011: The scariest day of my life not the worst day...I know I've still got a lot of life ...

I just found out today. 
Only one week ago I had sex with another man, not my boyfriend. He is in jail right now and I can't really believe I let myself do that, but I sure am ...

There is love in life after an HSV diagnosis 
I was married for 23 years and was diagnosed with HSV2 just before my divorce became final. Needless to say, I was devastated. How would I ever be able ...

Curves, Nerves and perves. 
Just found out this morning i have herpes.
I'm angry, upset and almost releaved. I dont know when i got it or from who. I dont know how far in partners ...

HELP!!!! 
Hi I am 28 yrs old and was just given the news i have herpes. I am scared and I dont know what to do. I have a boyfriend and have yet to tell him what ...

I don't have it but she does. 
The most wonderful girl I've ever met has just told me that she has herpes. It shocked me to the core to say the least, but thankfully she was honest with ...

Guess I'm meant to be alone. 
Hi,

I wrote Gary yesterday, after telling the guy I was seeing that I had a "cold sore" and since we can't seem to do anything other than "hit the sheets"...

Still living my life 
When i was 16 and a half i got herpes by my ex boyfriend. It really sucked bcause i was in a lot of pain and all i did was cry. but then i got use to it ...

So happy 
At first when I was diagnosed with type 2 last year, I was so depressed. I didn't know who to turn to or how to live a normal life again. I had a bad ...

Living with Herpes 
I've always gotten blisters. Since I was a little girl. When I was about eight years old I got a really bad break out. My top and bottom lip were filled ...

Someone please help 
I know this is meant to be success stories but this is my last chance. My girlfriend was diagnosed with herpes 3 months ago. We have not had sex since ...

I'm still me 
Last thursday a week from tomorrow I will have been clincally diagnosed with herpes for one week.

I had a few serious relationships over the years and ...

life as normal for me 
I had been with my partner for a few months before I had my first attack of herpes. I was devastated and as I hadn't cheated on him couldn't figure it ...

Still Getting Married 
I met a wonderful man about a 1 and a half ago and we have established a loving, fun, and monogamous relationship. We've stayed together during thick ...

Over coming the odds. 
I was 18 only for a month when I was diagnosed with genital herpes. I left the hospital shortly after that in tears and in enormous amount of pain.

I ...

All I can do is have faith 
Im 22 years old ive never been a sexually active person. Ive been with four guys my whole life and i dated them all for a long time.

Well i have been ...

The truth will set you free... 
I am a 26 year old female who was diagnosed with Herpes on Christmas day. What a gift... I was horribly devastated and would spend hours just in the ...

positive for herpies at sevnteen 
i didnt wanna belive it man i still fucking dont dude .like me i was diagnosed with herpies me.. ive never done anything to fuking deserve this.i was diagnosed ...

Just started seeing this girl with herpes 
I just started talkin to this girl about a month ago, relationship wise she seems to be my perfect match... when she told me about her condition though ...

Never having "the talk" AGAIN! 
I contracted herpes 5.5 years ago from this a-hole I was dating. I remember it like it was yesterday, he said he didnt know what I was talking about and ...

Not a Success Story: CRISIS! HELP! 
I was diagnosed with herpes about 2 years ago pregnant with my son. I delivered him safely, thank God, but had the most most stressful, painful and emotional ...

is this what you call love 
i was in a serious long term relationship with a girl we had planned to marry and live together as well we were in a long distance relation ship we were ...

Feeling Hopeless and Scared  Not rated yet
I am a 23 yr old girl who just found out I have genital herpes. Right now I can't stop crying or feeling like my life is over. My outbreak was mild, just ...

HOW, WHEN, WHO....what next?   Not rated yet
through discovering i had herpes (5 months ago)i discovered i had more than intense heat,incredible itchiness, discomfort and the soreness of blisters;...

My recent Herpies story  Not rated yet
A few weeks ago I got a small red rash on my penis. I put antibiotic cream on it and in a day and a half it went away. A week later it can back. I am ...

After a full year, some recovery  Not rated yet
I have had genital herpes now for exactly 1 year and two weeks. I was dating a person with herpes and they told me they were on antivirals and that it ...

Lost and terrified like everyone  Not rated yet
This is no success story or recovery. As a matter of fact I just found this website today and has made me feel a tad bit better but not a whole lot sorry ...

Its truly not the end  Not rated yet
I am a 20 year old femal diagnosed with HSV 2 1 year ago. I had been in a 3 year relationship prior to aquiring the disease. A serious/intimate relationship,...

Being a teen and having genital herpes  Not rated yet
I know alot of people look down on teens who have sex, so when I found out I had genital herpes I was devestated. I just knew my life was over before it ...

cheating isn't worth it!  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed a week ago with genital herpes. I'm 20 with a beautiful 1 year old daughter, and a loving boyfriend of 3 years. The day I got the news ...

There and Back Again: From Singer to Statistic.  Not rated yet
So I was involved in an operatic production at my alma mater and became intimate with a student at said university. She was vibrant and positive, talented ...

It's Not a deal breaker  Not rated yet
My girlfriend requested a STD test before we had sex. That's when I found out I had HSV-2. I was shocked and scared of her reaction. But she was okay ...

Do the right thing  Not rated yet
I think I've been infected by my partner. Before having sex, I asked him if he's got any STI, he said no and I believed him. However, I didn't know anything ...

Loved  Not rated yet
One day i experinced extreme burning and inching and it countiued for a week before i went to seek help... the pain was so bad that i could barely stand....

Worried about my son...  Not rated yet
Hi I have 30 years and in 2008 I was diagnosed with HSV1 and 2, it was very hard because he was and I was separated from my husband for the time. but the ...

:'( worried about my son  Not rated yet
Hi I have 30 years and in 2008 I was diagnosed with HSV1 and 2, it was very hard because he was and I was separated from my husband for the time but the ...

Everything Will Be Ok  Not rated yet
First I would like to say, I have NEVER found a website like this one that has actually made me feel not alone in having a STD. So thank you for that, I ...

HERPES  Not rated yet
My story, well I was married for 2 years and with that man for a total of 5 years, when I split with him I went to work in a remote location with men left ...

Old love  Not rated yet
I'm 23 years old.i just found out that I have herpes yesterday after 4 days from the last Oral
Sex I had with my ex bf who I'm dating casually for 5 ...

Old love  Not rated yet
I'm 23 years old.i just found out that I have herpes yesterday after 4 days from the last Oral
Sex I had with my ex bf who I'm dating casually for 5 ...

Wooed and Pursued  Not rated yet
I was married for 23 years and was diagnosed with HSV2 just before my divorce became final. Needless to say, I was devastated. How would I ever be able ...

HPV...now HSV2...but life is bigger than them.  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed last week with HSV2...it wasn't totally unexpected as I had special relationship with someone who had contracted it 20 years ago. I had ...

Youth and Herpes.  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed a month ago at age 19. I had three days left in my hometown before I packed up for college. My first day moving in was nerve racking so ...

:( advice plz  Not rated yet
Ive been told i have gential herpes have never felt so down n dirty was seeing the guy for 5months its been such a shock ive been lucky that sum off my ...

I got over it  Not rated yet
I just turned 18 in April and I'm in my second year of college. I've been dating my boyfriend since I met him in April. One morning last month I noticed ...

Dealing with herpes twice.  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with herpes about 7 years ago. My ex husband has it. I cried for about 2 days when I found out. I felt that my life was over. I felt betrayed ...

Responsibility leads to Forgiveness and Acceptance  Not rated yet
I was infected with gentital herpes months into my last relationship, which lasted five years; I recently ended the relationship, but NOT because of the ...

Just told him? Your opinion?  Not rated yet
I have had herpes for 2 years now, I got it from a man I was suppose to marry. I have had 2 boyfriends since then and I just told my boyfriend of only ...

Im still beautiful even with Herpes  Not rated yet
Im 22 years old from Asia and my family is conservative. We are pretty traditional in some ways. Very different from the rest of my sisters,so I usually ...

cO=EXISTING WITH HERPES  Not rated yet
I have had herpes simplex type 1 for almost 20 years. My first symptoms confused me, as the lesions erupted around my lips, in my mouth and even down my ...

God is Great!  Not rated yet
Ive been living with herpes for the past 10 years- it was difficult emotionally through the years and ive always wondered if anyone would except me. i ...

It's not what you think  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with herpes three days ago. I'm currently going through my first outbreak and just like everyone says it's the most painful experience ...

Surprise!!!  Not rated yet
My name is Linzi and I was just diagnosed with genital herpes. Sadly, before I was diagnosed I was unaware that I had it until I had a really bad outbreak....

That Day ..  Not rated yet
Was dating my sons father for over a year never had any outbreaks until about 6 months later I noticed white painful blisters , I went the Er and I was ...

Living with Herpes   Not rated yet
I contracted herpes four years ago at the age of 18. I had only been with one man in my life. After being sexually active for several months, we were ...

Living in the Moment  Not rated yet
Hi Gary,

I contracted the herpes virus from my very first sexual partner at the age of 19 (1999). I was devastated and horrified, as the outbreak was ...

TWO STIGMAS: STRIPPING AND HERPES  Not rated yet
With in my second month of "stripping"(dancing or entertaining); I had also reverted back to celibacy. I randomly requested to get a full STD screening....