...how i *really* became a marathon runner | my diagnosis

So after my first time having sex, I got an incurable STD... and after facing so much internal shame and guilt, I turned to marathon running & it saved my life! It gave me back so much confidence, and it led me down a path I am so grateful for.❤️‍🩹 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 My diangosis & the aftermath 05:17 The point of change 09:26 Marathon Training, Dating & Explaining my diagnosis 14:54 The Marathon & Afterwards As I had such a positive response from my reels on instagram and so many questions asking about it... I wanted to make a longer video to hopefully give some more advice on the subject. If you are going through something similar, i hope you watch this and realise there is so much lie outside of stigma. You are not 'damaged goods' your body is so so capable & you deserve so much love. Never let a stigma stop you from doing great things 💛 I will be removing any hurtful comments as this is my page & I don't want them here xxx for anyone who would like to access the hotline I mentioned in the video, please find it here: https://herpes.org.uk/contact-us/ My Article for Glamour about stigma: https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/art...