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According to the World Health Organization, about half a billion people worldwide are living with genital herpes and several billion have an oral herpes infection. At the same time I was incredulous that so many people struggle with the same emotional turmoil as I did, even though herpes is so common.

I found comfort in the knowledge that thousands of people were going through the same thing as I was, even if we were sharing our experiences through a screen (I was – and still am – disappointed not to meet someone who admits to having genital herpes in real life). With the help of podcasts and the subreddit r/Herpes, I slowly went from knowing herpes wasn’t as big a deal as I thought to believing it.

First of all I learned as much about the physical effects of herpes as I could comprehend, before turning to people’s personal experiences and advice.