• May 4, 2024

The negation It is one of the first emotions experienced by a person who is diagnosed with AIDS , to the extent that you believe that the HIV test is not accurate or that there is confusion with the result, even after various tests are performed, and it is perfectly normal.

Imagine a situation in which a woman tests positive, maintaining a relationship that she believed was monogamous with the same man for 10 years. The emotions that will live will be very intense, "says Mallory O. Johnson , psychologist and associate professor of medicine in the University of California, San Francisco .

In addition to denial, these are other emotions that patients with AIDS experience, according to information from the Center for HIV Information of the aforementioned University.

1. Anger

It is a natural emotion, many patients get upset because they do not explain how they got the virus or are angry because they do not know who contacted them and they can not getting even .

2. Sadness

Patients are faced with the idea that their life will never do the same again and that they feel sadness It can be normal. The problem is that they are more likely to develop depression .

3. Anxiety

It is caused by the fact of not knowing what to expect after the diagnosis or how they will be treated by their close ones. This emotion can cause the patient to feel nervous or agitated.

4. Fear

The fear It arises from having to tell the world, relatives, friends or colleagues at work, about their condition. This can cause your heart to beat faster or complicated sleep .

5. Stress

There are many things that can trigger this emotion , such as the search for treatments and expenses, and the stress he does not stay only with the patient, he moves to the closest relatives.

How can they face it?

Mallory O. Johnson states that the best approach for a patient to cope with their diagnosis and the emotions what you experience is creating a support net with your loved ones and people who go through the same situation.

Just talking to someone can help alleviate emotional distress. And doing it with another patient might normalize the experience, to have a perspective of another being who is also dealing with the AIDS "Adds Johnson.

More than 35 million people live in the world with HIV , according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) .