How To Tell Someone You Have Herpes This is by far one of the most requested advice questions I receive. Yes, it can be so hard to tell someone you have herpes. Trust me, I (ahem) have some experience with this subject (hey - not that much!). The problem is that in the first few months or even years, people with herpes tend to have enormous amounts of shame and fear around carrying the virus. It should not be like this. It is estimated and widely reported that over 40% of the population carries H. You are obviously not alone. What happens when we carry this shame is we tend to expect that anyone we meet and have to do the whole herpes telling thing is that they too will … [Read more...]
