Depression

[Peacepleez]

Just wanted to know if others have had these feelings for this non life threatening disease. 

Edited December 18, 2016 by Peacepleez

[cantdoit]

Yep

[Peacepleez]

I guess we all silently suffer forever....

[Felix12]

Yes, though I had depression long before getting hsv. So the lows I feel with herpes, aren't any worse than the lows in felt when I didn't. Kinda puts things into perspective for me in that herpes doesn't have to cause depression any more than any other obstacle in life. Staying positive and confident will give me the best results in my life until I die, at which point herpes will be irrelevant. The only thing left behind will be my legacy, whatever that will be. I remind myself that wasting my time being depressed and negitive will never get good results 10 times our of 10. Do I get depressed sometmes still? Yes. But I am not scared of it and am undefeated against it.

[Peacepleez]

Wow inspiring. So easy to wallow. It's  just hard to focus when in constant pain. I don't mind the virus. I mind it's intrusion in the form of pain reminding me of bad things, causing me to spiral downward:(

[SureWhyNot]

The depression feeds the pain. I spent 12 weeks at a chronic pain clinic. What I saw there was a real eye opener. Pain or painful action against you causes depression. The depression feeds the pain so the depression worsens and the pain worsens and there is no way out. Both symptoms are real and valid. A depressed person will never believe they can do anything to change this around, until they get it. Should be a pill to fix that, but there isn't. Sometimes it truly does come down to a chemical imbalance we have no idea but that imbalance is what is keeping us from seeing the truth.

I have just one example I found because I am dealing with this and was shocked to see what it involves.

http://thelowhistaminechef.com/the-histamine-mast-cell-depression-link/

This is not the only imbalance than can feed depression. Gut imbalance has a major effect on everything in our lives. Look to yourself for answers then find someone to guide you as only You know exactly what and how you feel inside your walking, talking chemical sack.

Edited December 18, 2016 by SureWhyNot

[Felix12]

Sean, that is an excellent point. Those of us on this site are probably among the minority of hsv sufferers who think about the virus as much as we do. Part of this may be due to the fact that there are places where people talk about their herpes flair ups freely and publicly, as it is just a common fact of life, like having a headache. Brazil is appearantly one of these countries. In Colombia, home to many of the most beautiful women in the world imo, the majority of women carry both hsv-1 and hsv-2.

[Felix12]

Great stuff my friend 

[Lisajd]

4 hours ago, SureWhyNot said:

The depression feeds the pain. I spent 12 weeks at a chronic pain clinic. What I saw there was a real eye opener. Pain or painful action against you causes depression. The depression feeds the pain so the depression worsens and the pain worsens and there is no way out. Both symptoms are real and valid. A depressed person will never believe they can do anything to change this around, until they get it. Should be a pill to fix that, but there isn't. Sometimes it truly does come down to a chemical imbalance we have no idea but that imbalance is what is keeping us from seeing the truth.

I have just one example I found because I am dealing with this and was shocked to see what it involves.

http://thelowhistaminechef.com/the-histamine-mast-cell-depression-link/

This is not the only imbalance than can feed depression. Gut imbalance has a major effect on everything in our lives. Look to yourself for answers then find someone to guide you as only You know exactly what and how you feel inside your walking, talking chemical sack.

I made this statement about depression feeding pain and was again told pain causes the depression and im not helpful I talked about pain mgt treatment.  Thanks for posting this. 

[SureWhyNot]

Impossible to see anything when In the cycle. Only way to see is from the other side and that is a very hard road. The depression/pain may still be there but once it is able to be compartmentalized it is no longer the main focus. With HSV that is a deeper depression/pain because it affects how we feel about ourselves and unless we can see who we really are, and like it (the hardest part) we cannot find our way out. If we do not like who we are we get the opportunity to work towards the ideal we seek.

3 hours ago, Sean123 said:

We need to retrain our minds and see things from a different light.

Many other things you said are spot on but this is what many of us miss. We take ourselves out of life, not HSV. It has been proven many people are not afraid to love others with this virus. Hard to love someone who does not love themselves!

[Peacepleez]

But the physical pain of the virus exacerbates the depression. I'm in so much pain. 

[Peacepleez]

I'm hating so much of my current existence. Never knew about HSV before. Why are we not educated properly as a society?

[cantdoit]

2 minutes ago, Peacepleez said:

But the physical pain of the virus exacerbates the depression. I'm in so much pain. 

Listen dude. This virus fucking sucks. Feel free to hate it. It affects everyone differently. Some have no symptoms and simply cannot understand those that do. Very difficult for some on here to hear any negativity with respect to this virus. Feel free to rant away. 

[Peacepleez]

Just want to know if it gets better?  I could give a s*** about having it if it didn't hurt so bad. I just want a light at the end of the tunnel. My life has gone downhill.  No aspirations. Is the vaccine a pie or lie in the sky?

[Peacepleez]

If so many people suffer from this, why does it feel like I'm in an echo chamber?

[john123456]

21 minutes ago, Peacepleez said:

I'm hating so much of my current existence. Never knew about HSV before. Why are we not educated properly as a society?

meee tooo ......sooo many truth in the world the people actually do not know ........so we should return back to our last prophet and holy book.............

[Lisajd]

1 hour ago, Peacepleez said:

If so many people suffer from this, why does it feel like I'm in an echo chamber?

Because no one talks about ghsv. If you saw someone with a cold sore you would know about it.  

[Lisajd]

1 hour ago, Peacepleez said:

But the physical pain of the virus exacerbates the depression. I'm in so much pain. 

What are you doing re the pain. Is it outbreaks or nerve related?  

[Trying45]

I have lived with pain and depression for all of my adult life. Since I don't allow either to dictate nor control my life, I am trying not to allow hsv2 to do the same thing and so far I am winning. Sure herpes has changed my life but there really isn't much I can do about it and nope having it hasn't caused me to get depressed anymore than I usually am. It has given me permission to do something I have secretly wanted to do if I chose, and that is take time for myself with no humans around and relax for a very very very long time. And a response to one of my post has helped me see that it might be possible. Find your dream and make it happen!!! 

[Lisajd]

33 minutes ago, Sean123 said:

Not going to lie, I too wasnt educated about it. Our own educational system steers away from it... Why? If we knew how common this was I am sure many of us wouldnt have got involved in risky behaviour. I never knew what herpes was and assumed hiv was the only incurable disease because thats the one most people talk about ( which is super rare).

 

None the less, we now have it. This is our reality. No point of staying depressed over something you cant change. 

Ditto.  Whenever I engaged in sex STDs where ever discussed condoms were never used it was more worrying about getting pregnant. 

[Free73]

I don't know, I think for anyone to say they were uneducated in 2016 or earlier is looking to pass off responsibility.

When you travel to a different country, you jump on the internet or go to a travel agent and get brochures don't you to learn about the country you are travelling to or see the sites you want to visit?

So if you're going to have sex, who's responsibility is it to do the same? It's not up to our schools or our governments to feed us the information. Information is everywhere, but most humans are either too lazy or just too apathetic to care when it comes to sex.

Human beings just can't handle sex, that's the reality. We can't handle the responsibility that comes with having sex and then we get surprised and disappointed when we get an STD

[soressuck]

On 12/18/2016 at 4:47 PM, Peacepleez said:

If so many people suffer from this, why does it feel like I'm in an echo chamber?

I ask myself the same thing. My biggest issue has been gut problems. I can't digest food and are slowly becoming malnutritioned. After researching it could be caused an autonomic neuropathy. That scares the crap out of me. After a year of having bowel issues I am now starting to get some sort of neuropathy on my hands. I am seeing plenty of doctors but they all think I am crazy. I keep reading that HSV is so common and it's a skin disorder. Far from the truth! It's definitely a nerve disorder. I have been crying for the last 2 months with depression. I even admitted myself. This is so out of character for me but it's just hard to cope. I wish better days. 

Edited December 21, 2016 by soressuck

[for ev4r]

 

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[KCookie]

I can't comment on HSV 2 , but as a sufferer of HSV 1, I live in fear most days, I'm afraid to wake up thinking I'm going to have a cold sore. Got one Christmas Day and haven't left the house yet, my kids are now getting very bored, I know it's selfish, but i just can't face anyone, I get so depressed and angry each time.  I reckon being so anxious might actually lead me to getting them so regularly. You always feel you are the only one that gets them as I never see anyone else with a sore, ( that's probably because I never leave the house). is that because they lock themselves away to.  If I did see someone with a sore I wouldn't think anything of it, it's only a sore, so why the f@ck do I feel like this and hide away like a leper. 

[LillianPanos]

7 minutes ago, KCookie said:

I can't comment on HSV 2 , but as a sufferer of HSV 1, I live in fear most days, I'm afraid to wake up thinking I'm going to have a cold sore. Got one Christmas Day and haven't left the house yet, my kids are now getting very bored, I know it's selfish, but i just can't face anyone, I get so depressed and angry each time.  I reckon being so anxious might actually lead me to getting them so regularly. You always feel you are the only one that gets them as I never see anyone else with a sore, ( that's probably because I never leave the house). is that because they lock themselves away to.  If I did see someone with a sore I wouldn't think anything of it, it's only a sore, so why the f@ck do I feel like this and hide away like a leper. 

Please get out of the house... dont make your kids suffer with you! No one looking at your mouth! I wish I had the fever blisters back on my mouth much easier than genital blisters!  Jus my opinion! Hope you feel better!