Don't Let Herpes Make You into a Victim

Posted November 10th, 2005 by christopher scipio

General

We live in an affluent, highly privileged society. We spoil and indulge ourselves shamelessly. We consume way more than our fair share of the planet’s resources. We drug ourselves with coffee, cigarettes, alcohol and comfort foods. We distract ourselves with junk culture coming from our televisions, radios and print media. In the midst of all this the temptation is there to want to identify ourselves as a victim so we can have an excuse to feel sorry for ourselves.

There are many real victims out there: children who are being sexually abused, women who are the target of men’s rage, seniors being targeted by con artists or mistreated in nursing homes. For those of us with herpes there is no need to buy into to the victim role and feel sorry for ourselves.

Herpes is a minor sexually transmitted skin disease. It’s easily managed and you can effectively protect your intimate partner/s from being infected. Between herpes, HPV and Chlamydia alone there’s probably no one you know who has had more than six sex partners who hasn’t caught a sexually transmitted disease, so having herpes isn’t unusual- you haven’t been singled out by God for punishment, you are simply dealing with the reality of life in the 21st century, we are hosts for a variety of microorganisms, some of them sexually transmitted.

I don’t expect anyone to throw a “I’ve just been diagnosed with herpes “ party, but why all the doom and gloom? Must we really buy into this false stigma? Is it all that bad?

No it isn’t all that bad. Get down on your hands and knees and be grateful that you don’t have a real illness like my patients with M.S. and Cancer and HIV. Make peace with that little red virus inside of you and go on with you life. Love and laugh and enjoy the blessings of being in a wealthy, peaceful, abundant society. Face whatever challenges life throws at you with dignity and courage.

MY feeling is that we with herpes have no right to behave like victims. I reserve that right for the women in Africa who have endured genital mutilation, for the people starving all over the world, for the children scavenging for scraps to sell in garbage dumps, for the families destroyed by war and its aftermath. They’d all trade their fates for a simple herpes infection any day of the week.

Christopher Scipio
Homeopath/herbalist
Holistic Herpes treatment specialist

Comments

Great Attitude

On March 21st, 2006 Sharon says:

I really appreciate what you had to say about not letting herpes make people victims. Too often, we never realize how good we have it until we see somebody else who has it so much worse. Too often, we focus on our own petty problems without the slightest thought of how good we actually do have it. We have it so good living in the United States, and we should be THANKFUL, not complaining about what we DON'T have. For instance, poor me, I don't have the luxury SUV that I want. But hey, you have a roof over your head and you have a vehicle that gets you from point A to point B. I can't afford to eat out like I would like. But you have SOMETHING to eat. Thousands of people will go to bed hungry tonight. Thank you for pointing out how blessed we truly are. Your comment truly made me stop and think. I have been guilty many times of taking all of my luxuries: health, running vehicle, food, political rights, etc., for granted.

ncie

On March 29th, 2006 zero says:

ncie to hear that

Tomas Hellix

Vanity

On March 30th, 2006 sosad says:

I get large lesions on my face, currently after a sun burn the entire left side of my face below my eye is covered. chin, cheek, lip, all but my nose. It is hideous, I would rather go hungry than face anyone at the grocery store, or even the pizza guy, I was in denial for years, and treated my condition improperly with tea tree oil and other thing, I know have scars from previous outbreaks on my cheek, lip and chin. I have had it for 20 years, pregnant at 17, now 42 and waitressing and back in college, I am struggling with life as it is and trying to find some meaning. But I can't even be exposed to the sun!! without having problems with lesions. I just tried cloraphor, and I look like I was attacked by wild dogs, my face is red, brown, and scabby, I just can't bring myself to leave the house, I am risking my job and jepordizing the 15 units I am taking. I have never been able to talk about this, I just cry and isolate, it even keeps me from intamate relationships. How does someone walk out of the house with confidence when half of their face is covered in lesions?? I wish I could catch your self confidence as easily as I caught this virus

Herpes Doctor