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Can anyone tell me if it's normal to go off sex after being diagnosed with herpes?
I really dont know if its in my mind and the way i feel about my body or its all part of having herpes.

Answer:
i did, for a few hours :-D

i think its a mental thing TBH....

the feeling of being tainted and a leper, will make u feel less sexy, and therefore put you off sex...

i didnt have sex for a couple of months after i was dianosed, i didnt want it, as i felt like Mr Nudge was radioactive and stuff.

alltho, i still wanked off.

got my full sex drive back now, but i guess when i get my next OB, the last thing ill want is sex.

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Can anyone tell me if it's normal to go off sex after being diagnosed with herpes?
I really dont know if its in my mind and the way i feel about my body or its all part of having herpes.
Hmmmm....is there a "Norm" for people with herpes?
From reading on this board it sure seems that everything is individual.
Maybe herpes is a supreme test of ones faith in themselves?

Here's a big fat sows ear...Go make a silk purse...something like that.

I haven't had any experience with dating since I was infected by the person that knew he had it, and gave it to me. So I am also trying to heal from a huge feeling of being deceived and violated.

It interests me to see how much of this is psycological and how much is truly physical. Also, just how diet and exercise and trying to keep a positive attitude will contribute to an over all feeling of well being.

Gawd I hope I can one day even think about a happy relationship and maybe even <perk> feeling sexy again.

UK, I hope you get your sexy back!!... I have a feeling you will ;)

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I'm with you... I've had a low sex desire since this thing hit me.

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me too........sex freaks me out and have only had sex minimally since contracting this over a year ago. It is the psychological affects of it that have traumatized me.....just thinking about sex makes me really upset sometimes.....I also have had continous symptoms since contracting this so the never seeing normal skin down below ever really plays a role in itself. I feel if I could just have some time without symptoms.......even a week or two and I feel I could think of sex differently. I also am scared of spreading it around during sex, which i have done once and it has made me so afraid of it happening again. lately though i still have the symptoms continuosly but feel a lot better due to a homeopathic remedy i have been given by my N.D. and it helps with the way I feel about myself as a result of having this. I have hope that one day I will not have continous symptoms and know that because I am beginning to gain my self esteem back lately that in the future with absence of symptoms i will hopefully be able to enjoy sex fear free.

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Thanks for your support, i dont feel so alone now, its just that i feel dead down below, because of sex i have got herpes and because of herpes i dont want sex.
I dont feel i know my body anymore,it feels alien to me.
I suppose its still only early days,some days i feel i have got my head round this, then the next day i feel crap all over again like just being diagnosed.

Thankyou:(

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I feel like not having sex, sometimes its like herpes is my punishment for being so promiscious in the past. but right now sex is the last thing on my mind, I haven't done it since i was diagnosed (3 weeks ago).