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The HIV Fear

Discussion in 'Compulsive Sexual Behavior' started by LOSEmyselftoSAVEmyself, Sep 16, 2021.

  1. I used to be promiscous and feared the disease.
    I never had it, thank the Lord. Back in those years, the fear robbed me of sleep.
    When I think about "flings", I think back about that time, and not good thoughts.

    Often I have wondered, what are the odds of getting it?
    In the US, wiki says there are 1.2 million infected people.
    This comes out to 0.3% of the whole, or 3 per thousand.
    It's more scary in local numbers, in a metro area of 2 million, it is about 7,600 people.

    So the danger is there, and it keeps me in check.
    In my mind, HIV is worse than coronavirus.
    HIV is different because if you test for it, you got it.
    Until there's a cure, you are going to die, sooner or later.
    There's a lot of mystery and confusion about coronavirus, even among doctors.
    There's also different factions, conspiracy theories, fearmongering
    and wrongful profiteering, like from TV news.
    HIV in the 1980s had just as much of a panic back then,
    even though the science behind it was more solid.
    Most of the fear was about the fact that people didn't think,
    as they still do not think they can control their lust.
    People were dying, and all doctors had was a name and a drug that didn't work
    too well, AZT.
    Would the human race ultimately survive it?
    Would they survive their own enemy, themselves?


    The biggest danger is about my own discipline or tendency to lust.
    Just like anything, lust is a wild animal that has to be leashed.
    Maybe it can't be tamed, but it must be controlled.

    The lust isn't a compartmentalized item.
    It runs on a continuum.
    First there is P, then M, and O creeps in later, each one requiring more effort and time.
    If I totally let go at the first one, it's easier to let it all go.
    But this is not a good kind of "easy", a better synonym is lazy.
     
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  2. Furozima10

    Furozima10 Fapstronaut

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    You can simply avoid HIV by wearing a candom.
    And when you become very close to your girlfriend, you can ask her to take tests to verify if she's HIV negative so you can stop wearing condoms.
    That's how people do to avoid STDs


     
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  3. Psalm27:1my light

    Psalm27:1my light Fapstronaut

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    You can still get std’s and hiv with a condom. Also, not all people are faithful in relationships so no guarantees that after the test she won’t give you an std at a later date.
     
  4. treed

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    If you're worried about HIV,
    just get on PreP, HIV prophylaxis, and then u have almost no chances of getting it:

    "Analyses found that the use of PrEP (determined by detectable drug in the blood) reduced the risk of sexual HIV transmission by between 85% and 92% among gbMSM and heterosexual men and women. When taken consistently, PrEP appears to prevent nearly 100% of sexual HIV transmission."
     
  5. PrEP is not yet been around long enough. Is anybody who is HIV- going to rely on PrEP so they can have sex with an HIV+ person, just to prove it? I think not.

    And without a person like that, it is never going to be conclusive.

    But even if these odds were true, how is somebody going to guarantee they didn't go outside of the relationship?

    The fact remains that if you have unprotected, you are rolling the dice,
    and you never know what the odds are.
     
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