Herpes Support & Resources

If you have recently been diagnosed with genital herpes, this should not mark the end of your world. It is possible to live a happy, healthy, and positive life after a herpes diagnosis. There are millions of other people with HSV-2 leading great lives and enjoying thriving relationships.

Herpes Online Chat Groups

Dealing with herpes can be emotionally challenging. Joining a chat group allows individuals to connect with others who are going through similar experiences. Sharing stories, advice, and encouragement in a supportive community can be comforting.

The Largest Confidential online herpes support Chat group Since 2001. A community of nearly 2 million individuals living with herpes. Join the group now

Women's Herpes Support Group

If you are a woman and looking for heart-to-heart, woman-to-woman, sister-to-sister connections, start by joining our women's herpes support group.

Share your story, reply to posts (publicly or privately), or ask a question.

Herpes Groups Near Me

Most US cities, except Washington DC, Bay Area, and Detroit, do not have a public local herpes support group. Herpes, like many other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), carries a social stigma that can discourage individuals from openly seeking support or disclosing their status. This stigma might be more pronounced in certain regions or cultural contexts, leading to fewer people willing to initiate or participate in local support groups.

Some sites have a list of local herpes support groups by state, but the list seems to have not been updated for many years. Therefore, current location-based herpes support groups should be sought after.

Herpes support group in Washington DC-HSV in the City

Washington DC. An all gender inclusive herpes support group in the DC metro area that meets teleconference style. Each month there are two meetings, one consists of all-female identifying participants and the second is a co-ed meeting. This free meeting comes with an option for you to remain anonymous leaving your camera function off and you choose your name for when you join. You don’t have to talk and you will certainly get something out of joining the call. https://www.hsvinthecity.com/

Bay Area Friends

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a FREE social and support group for people with genital herpes (HSV-1, HSV-2) who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We welcome anyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, organizing fun activities, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. Bay Area Friends (BAF)

Metro Detroit HELP

Metro Detroit HELP (MDH) is a support group for people with herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human papillomavirus (HPV). We offer support, information, understanding, and sharing of personal experience in a non-judgmental atmosphere.

MDH, established in 1980, is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Herpes Resource Center, an American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) program.More information

Toronto Hepers HELP

Since 1982, we've been offering a friendly, supportive environment where members in Toronto and the surrounding areas can get accurate information and share experiences with others who have genital herpes. Welcome to The Phoenix Association where everyone has herpes and understands what it’s like to receive the diagnosis and has insights on what it's like to live with this virus. Support is provided via a ‘self-help’ open forum once a month.

United Kingdom Herpes Viruses Association

Helping people to understand the genital herpes and put it into its proper perspective as a common skin complaint. Herpes support groups allow people to talk about this highly stigmatised condition with others who empathise.Website

Contact your local Planned Parenthood or clinic to see if there is a private herpes support group in your area, as most cities lack location-based pulic herpes support groups.

Herpes Support Group Online

• (h)Opportunity
• Pink Tent Forum with Dr. Kelly
• Life with Herpes Secret Society
• Westover Heights Clinic with HSV expert Terri Warren.

Why join a Herpes Support Group?

If you have recently been diagnosed with herpes or you have lived with herpes in isolation for a while, joining a herpes support group can help to ease the stress of living with the condition.

In a herpes support group, you will meet other people who share your experiences about living with the condition. A herpes support group is a safe space where you can share your concerns, worries, and experiences to create a mutually beneficial environment for all members.

With the right support group, like a parenting support group, you will be amongst people committed to helping you heal from your past, soar above your story and reclaim your sexuality to be able to lead a happy life.

Join a support group – becoming part of a support group for people with herpes can make it easier for you to handle the diagnosis and learn how to live with it.

Other benefits for joining a support group for herpes include:

• You get a safe space to express your feelings, be it for guilt, shame, frustration, anger, anxiety, or sadness. In a herpes support group, you get to share the impact living with the virus has had on your life amongst people who relater and empathize with you.
• You learn of effective coping skills to balance your life while managing the hsv-2 virus.
• You will get help and advice on how to date again after a herpes diagnosis. It helps you to overcome the fear of dating with herpes and exploring a new sexual relationship.
• You get a new family of people living with herpes, which helps to prevent the need to self-isolate.
• You meet with other people who have been through the healing stages and can guide you on how to go through the process. You also get to learn from their stories as you share your own.
• You learn of dating strategies and being in long terms relationships, despite having HSV-2.
• You learn how best to deal with oral herpes, and skin conditions linked to HSV-2.
• You make friends and develop a close relationship with your support system.
• The most important benefit of a herpes support group is that it is a source of hope where it would have otherwise been lost. By being in a social group with people who have overcome the stigma associated with HSV-2, you learn to hope for a better future and discover that you can still find love, enjoy sex and date even with herpes. On the other hand, if you need a grief support group then mensgroup.com has you covered.

If you are feeling alone and isolated, there are numerous benefits to joining an HSV-2 support group.

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