Perception of people living with HIV Sample Clauses

Perception of people living with HIV. Each participant expressed feelings of pity and lack of social acceptance of someone who has been diagnosed with HIV. When reflecting on seeing profiles on a dating application, one participant exclaimed, “I know there is a stigma on people who have HIV and that makes me sad. There are people who make it very well known they are poz...it affects how I look at them. I look at them in a negative view.” A second participant mirrored similar feelings stating, “It makes me sad that they have to label themselves with it and all the thoughts go through your mind about what kind of sex life they had.” Finally, a third man said, “I think the sketchiest thing I can about them 99.9% of the time...they look like regular people...I guess they are regular people.” Upon self-reflection, the participants noted that severe stigma associated with a positive diagnosis would put severe limitations on their future. Participants felt certain they would face rejection from partners and society as a whole. On thinking about testing positive for HIV themselves, most participants became distressed and expressed fearing huge obstacles if he had a positive test. One participant stated “I was thinking if I had HIV, I don’t want to live. I don’t want to tell my friends and family I had it.” Another participant stated “I wouldn’t be OK with myself. I wouldn’t tell anybody and I wouldn’t have sex anymore because it is a lot to talk about and everyone isn’t with it right now.” A third participant stated, “What was going through my mind was how scared I felt if he was going to accept me for what I have?” Finally, another participant had similar feelings about rejection from a partner, stating “I don’t want to be denied by a lover because I have a life changing disease.” Only one participant expressed neutral feelings about HIV due to his familial support.
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