What Is HIV Phobia & Do I have It?- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad

First of all this is very distressing and stressful for you. Many people after an exposure go through a very traumatic experience because it is not very easy to talk about. There are multiple emotions including guilt, shame, stigma, and a sense of helplessness. Also the possibility of being infected with HIV is scary. Anyone in this position is likely to spend a lot of time seeking information on the internet and also talking to a number of people who may not be experts in this, what this does is people receive a lot of information, some of which is dependable and reliable and some of which is not. This often results in a situation where the fear of HIV takes over one’s life and affects one’s ability to function at work, be economically productive, maintain healthy relationships and experience a sense of wellbeing in general, especially one also has a history of previous anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder. One is particularly prone to experience something like this. If you seek a team that has HIV specialists and who works closely with a psychologist, you can be helped, this might require the HIV doctor and the psychologist to work what you and formulate a personalised plan for you whereby you get some training in terms of what tour fears are , what the fears are , how you can recognize the triggers, how you can mitigate the negative emotional impact of what you are experiencing and a few skills which enable you to move on and actually come to believe that you do not have HIV and come back to feel the more sense of well being and being more productive work and in your relationships. So I would encourage you to speak to an HIV team that has both and HIV doctor and a psychologist to hep you with this.