User

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
April 16, 2024, 03:29:12 am

Login with username, password and session length


Forums Index

Stats

Members
  • Total Members: 37635
  • Latest: Ranoye
Stats
  • Total Posts: 773156
  • Total Topics: 66329
  • Online Today: 248
  • Online Ever: 5484
  • (June 18, 2021, 11:15:29 pm)
Users Online
Users: 1
Guests: 244
Total: 245

Search

Welcome


Welcome to the POZ Community Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people with HIV/AIDS, their friends/family/caregivers, and others concerned about HIV/AIDS.  Click on the links below to browse our various forums; scroll down for a glance at the most recent posts; or join in the conversation yourself by registering on the left side of this page.

Privacy Warning:  Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If you are HIV positive and disclose this in our forums, then it is almost the same thing as telling the whole world (or at least the World Wide Web). If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.

  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.

  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.

  • Forums members must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Posting guidelines, including time-out and banning policies, have been established by the moderators of these forums. Click here for “Do I Have HIV?” posting guidelines. Click here for posting guidelines pertaining to all other POZ community forums.

  • We ask all forums members to provide references for health/medical/scientific information they provide, when it is not a personal experience being discussed. Please provide hyperlinks with full URLs or full citations of published works not available via the Internet. Additionally, all forums members must post information which are true and correct to their knowledge.

  • Product advertisement—including links; banners; editorial content; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from POZ.

To change forums navigation language settings, click here (members only), Register now

Para cambiar sus preferencias de los foros en español, haz clic aquí (sólo miembros), Regístrate ahora

Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Welcome to Do I Have HIV?

Welcome to the "Do I Have HIV?" POZ forum.

This special section of the POZ forum is for individuals who have concerns about whether or not they are HIV positive. Individuals are permitted to post up to three questions or responses in this forum.

Ongoing participation in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum (posting more than three questions or responses) requires a paid subscription, with secure payments made via PayPal.

A seven-day subscription is $9.99, a 30-day subscription is $14.99 and a 90-day subscription is $24.99.

Anyone who needs to post more than three messages in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum -- including past, present and future POZ Forums members -- will need to subscribe, with secure payments made via PayPal.

There is no charge to read threads in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum, nor will there be a charge for participating in any of the other POZ forums. In addition, the POZ Basics "HIV Transmission and Risks" and "HIV Testing" basics, will remain accessible to all.

NOTE: HIV testing questions will still need to be posted in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum; attempts to post HIV symptoms or testing questions in any other forums will be considered violations of our rules of membership and subject to time-outs and permanent bans.

To learn how to upgrade your Forums account to participate beyond three posts in the "Do I Have HIV?" Forum, please click here.

Thank you for your understanding and future support of the best online support service for people living with, affected by and at risk for HIV.

« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: I know I have It, but...  (Read 2112 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline phantomskyline

  • New Member
  • Posts: 1
I know I have It, but...
« on: September 12, 2009, 10:49:30 pm »
Hi Everybody,

I'm just another young guy who is from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that thinks that he's infected with the virus.  I had sexual encounter with a person one year ago and have been obsessing with the disease ever since.  I never bother to get tested because I am just afraid and full of anxiety.  For all I know is that I am going to die soon that's all and I have attempted 3x suicide attempts.  Right now I am starving myself and hopefully I could just die already.  I don't think I am financially capable of helping myself.  I am still living with my parents and they are always against me and hated me.  They are trying to kick me out of the house, not knowing about my condition.  I know I have it because I already have the symptoms.

Moreover, I don't think I am covered in any medical plan so I couldn't afford any ARV treatments and I don't really want to be a burden to my parents.  I can't think straight and I wish I could get the help I needed like counseling and other therapy but my parents strongly denied it and told me to 'suck-it-up' and 'stop-faking-my-problems'.

Maybe I should start planing my funeral.  I am extremely agitated and depressed.

Thank you for your time to read my post,
Nick
Logged

Offline RapidRod

  • Member
  • Posts: 15,288
Re: I know I have It, but...
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2009, 11:53:46 pm »
Get over your drama and self pity and seek professional mental help.
Logged

Offline Andy Velez

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 34,126
Re: I know I have It, but...
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 08:26:20 am »
Nick, if you are contemplating suicide then you should go to the nearest emergency room and tell them that.

There's no small irony that you're afraid of HIV and at the same time talking about killing yourself. I can tell you that on a site where so many people are facing the challenges every day of living with the virus, your attitude isn't going to fly very well here.

You refer to having had a sexual incident a year ago. You don't mention the details so we don't even know if it was actually a risky incident. And if it was, you can get tested anytime now and get a reliable result. Not so incidentally, neither the presence nor the absence of "symptoms" will ever tell you anything accurately about your HIV status. Only a test can give you a reliable answer.   

You're not telling the whole story here.
Logged
Andy Velez
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Terms of Membership for these forums
 

© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.