How HIV affects people's life, once they find out they are positive ?

Answer 1

Hi there,

Good one, but tough to answer. There are far too many variables to account for. Like any traumatic experience, people deal with disclosure in their own way. Some people can handle the news better than others. In the end, people seem to either give up hope of being able to live a "normal" life (if there is such a thing) and others rise to the occasion and deal with it like any other long term condition or illness. Having hiv is no longer the "death sentence" it was in the 70s and 80s. Back then, when people were diagnosed most did not live very long. Now with the medical treatments available the quality of life for people with hiv has been greatly improved. Yes, there are still side effects to deal with, there are the stresses and issues with disclosing hiv status to loved ones and to future partners; there is the stress involved with simply dealing with the stigma associated with hiv. True, hiv is no picnic but then there are worse things than hiv out there (like the flesh eating disease...EEWWWWWWW!!).

Answer 2

I don't know. It's very hard to answer. I know that if I were ever contracted HIV, I would be devastated. I guess it's set on the mentality that if you can fix it, it's okay. HIV is something you can't fix.... Which makes it extremely hard to swallow. In this day and age, monogamy seems to have left the building, and promiscuous people are on the rise. It's unfortunate that it is an every day scare for people in non committed relationships. Glad I don't have to feel like that though...but still. It's scary. I knew someone with HIV once, and on the contrary to what I would think, they wanted to keep living. They said that just because they were infected doesn't mean that they should stop living. Having fun while you can is the most important thing. I guess that's what life is about.

Answer 3

That depends on the person, and how the person perceives himself/herself. I know of one man who found out, recently, that he has the Virus, who has decided he is going to die and he does not work, or think that he can. He appears healthy and does not have physical ailments that keep him from working, etc.. I know another man who knows he has HIV, who works a regular job, and intends to live out his days, knowing that we ALL are going to die, someday, but, he may have a better clue as to 'when'. Both of these men know one another, and it is interesting to watch them interact. Neither one criticizes the other at all. They are very good friends, with different attitudes. Some people seem to just consider their lives 'over' as they knew them. Some people go on with their lives, and realize that 'worse' times could be ahead, but, as for NOW, working and socializing (with extreme caution), is an important part of life. Some people simply get angry, while others, understand they are not 'dead' yet, and need to live a quality of life that is as good as possible. There is no particular way that 'people' in general, react. The more an infected person understands the virus, the better that person seems to deal with it.

Answer 4

if the person was normal before he get know that he is positive and get bad after he know it is usually due to the psychological state of the person as it greatly affect the human immunity and positive patients are more likely to recover more than negative ones but if you mean what he is going to do he will take a certain medication which really help many people to recover the virus completely certainly if it is discovered early .

Answer 5

i think that it makes you think about alot of things in life just like any other major thing in life

Its kinda a hard question to answer.