Burnout is Real...I have worked in a few non-profit organizations for the last eight years and have learned that employee burnout is real and...reactions3comments
Creating Safe Spaces: My Evolution Into HIV Prevention...I would like to share with you all a question I was asked a few days ago. I went to brunch with...reactions2comments
Adherence for Yourself...I have been living with HIV for over 9 years and even though I have said this many times, I want to...reactions4comments
Trust Issues and My PTSD..."None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have...reactions5comments
Safety Issues, Mental Health, and HIV Diagnosis...Our various personal beliefs, in this case about safety issues, affect our mental health. These beliefs are relative to ourselves and to...reactions1comment
Intimacy Issues and HIV...“If you don't love yourself, you won't be happy with yourself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You...reactions7comments
My Therapy Journey...I almost died prior to receiving my HIV diagnosis. While my case was a dramatic trip to receiving a diagnosis, receiving a...reactions3comments
Cognitive Processing Therapy...Negative thoughts. Anxiety. Fighting to love yourself. In my previous article, My Therapy Journey, I briefly touched on cognitive processing therapy. Cognitive...reactions4comments
When Do You Tell? Navigating HIV Disclosure & Dating...Talking about sexual health is awkward. There are personal barriers that prevent friends and family from being that go-to person to talk...reactions11comments
Intimacy and HIV: Navigating Sexual Relationships and Overcoming Fear...Before I found out that I was living with HIV, having sex was a beautiful thing. But after my diagnosis, being intimate...reactions13comments
GI Issues with HIV: IBS and GERD...Results from the HIV In America Survey showed that community members have experienced gastrointestinal (GI) issues. More so, 7 percent of people...reactions2comments
Trauma, Love, Relationships, and HIV...Content Note: This article describes abuse. If you or a loved one are struggling, consider reading our mental health resources page. I...reactions3comments
Don't Give Up on Love!...I know that the thought for some of us women who are living with HIV is finding love and being in a...reactions6comments
Bug Chasers: Do You Really Wanna Go There?...Ask anyone who grew up through the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the resulting thousands of deaths, they’ll tell you...reactionscomments
Community Views: The Hardest Part of Living With HIV...There is not a single diagnosis out there that is easy to accept, and HIV is no different. Unfortunately, HIV can be...reactions4comments
What It Means to Get a Late-in-Life HIV Diagnosis...Like everything else in life, things weren't supposed to turn out this way. In 1995 I was told to get my affairs...reactions3comments
Why We Still Need Pride...With another Pride month upon us, it's been 42 years since the first patients were diagnosed with an illness that we now...reactions2comments
Complementary Medicine...Complementary and alternative approaches to HIV care have become increasingly of interest over the past several years. A complementary therapy or approach...
Injectable HIV Treatments...There is not yet a cure for HIV. But with treatment, it can be well-controlled. People with HIV should start treatment with...reactions1comment
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)...PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is a treatment option given after potential exposure to HIV has occurred. PEP involves taking a combination of antiretroviral...
