So I got diagnosed with HSV 1/2 in July after a CRAZY GUY gave it to me on PURPOSE I only found this out after I ghosted him because I was dealing with an outbreak. He knew he gave it to me and his response was that we could now only have sex with each other and never be with anyone else. My mom was pressuring me to sue him but for my own mental health I didn’t. I know he’s probably out there giving it to other women but I have no idea how to approach getting him in trouble. Anyways I’ve already had a second out break and it definitely threw me out of whack. I was sad getting a permanent STD but its easier thinking that he didn’t know he had it and accidentally gave it to me. But now I know he knew and gave it to me on purpose and now every time I get an outbreak I feel betrayed by my own body and I feel attacked and get severe panic attacks and episodes of depression. But I’m slowly dealing with it. I also was lucky enough to meet the most wonderful man, who was the first (and hopefully last person) I had the “hey I have a permanent STD it’s not life threatening but it’s there.” Conversation with. He reacted so wonderfully I cried on his shoulder. He wasn’t like “ew you are disgusting” or “ew get away from me” which was my fear. He just was calmly like okay, tell me more info and this doesn’t at all change my mind about how I feel about you. Something good came out of this whole situation but I’m still taking it one day at a time.