Don't Let Herpes Make You Into A Victim

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
herpes treatment sppecialist