The shock of an HIV positive diagnosis As with any life-threatening disease, it is a great shock when you have first been diagnosed. At first, it does not register and your mind reels like you are in a very bad dream. With HIV you also must live with the fact that you are infected with …
Supporting your loved ones It is basic human instinct to want to care for, support and protect the ones we love. Sometimes it can be quite daunting and frustrating as we are not the ones going through what they are. We so want to be able to fully understand what it is they are going …
We all cope in different ways to devastating news We all have our own coping mechanisms when it comes to coping with various devasting blows, dealt us during our lifetime. Although we may not all have the exact same reactions to this there are similarities. The HIV 5 stages of grief #1 Denial The shock …