But why should it blow you away?  We're all psychologically different
individuals, and so are our coping mechanisms.  That's great that some can
get past this very quickly and move on, but it shouldn't be considered a
deficiency if others take more time to come to terms with it or have a
more difficult go of it.  I mean who knows, maybe they'll be able to
attribute that to various neurotransmitters at some point in the future.
We could say that people who suffer from depression are simply choosing
not to be happy with their lot in life...which may be true to an extent,
but at the same time, there are certainly individuals who have chemical
imbalances and in which SSRI's show pretty good efficacy.  In addition,
some don't suffer just the simple "nuisances" associated with herpes
symptoms, but have rather severe outbreaks, neurological symptoms, or have
continuous outbreaks predominate over the actual periods of normalcy.  In
those cases, it's not really a matter of choosing to be discontent, if
there are constant reminders or physical restraints imposing upon the
routines of life.