would you tell people if you had HIV
By sunflower07
@sunflower07 (25)
South Africa
February 18, 2009 2:43pm CST
People are often discriminated against when they have HIV. If one day you found out you had HIV, would you tell people about your status or would you keep it to yourself? There is nothing wrong with having HIV. Uneducated people are the ones who make HIV positive people scared to tell people. Let us educate ourselves and other people and stop discriminating, and to love.
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@greyz7 (859)
• Philippines
16 May 10
its sad that alot of people discriminate people who ahve HIV thats why they tend to be alone and not mingle with friends anymore because of discrimination. but i know there are groups for people who have HIV. its good to join those kinds of groups if youre a victim of HIV because you will be able to open up yourself to people who feel the same way as you.
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
Well I am glad that I don't have HIV and I am very positive I won't have that. But for the sake of responding to this discussion just in case that "nightmare" of having HIV happens to me, I would keep it to myself. Reasons include the fact that if I am not being asked then I won't tell it to anybody except my husband. Next is that I will decide to keep silent about it because I don't want to give others topic to discuss about my personal life. Another reason is that I don't want discrimination in case I meet people with close mind about HIV. In case they found out then I will answer truthfully questions they will throw upon me. You are already in a situation that needs understanding from others so you better keep quiet about it if you want to live a normal life. Once found out then so be it. Stand for it. Anyway no one will blame you for not telling the truth. It is your life and you own everything. We are not required to tell to the whole world what we are experiencing. It is all based on free will. Those who can accept me for what I am then I will be thankful to them. To those who can't then they should just mind their own businessif they want peace lol!
