Views of being HIV-positive Sample Clauses

Views of being HIV-positive. Living a life with limitations was another underlying thread when asked about testing positive for HIV. Several participants expressed how their lives would be negatively affected if they were to have HIV. One said, “I can’t do the things I want to do because HIV puts limitations on everything. I don’t want to live with those limitations.” A second participant expressed fear for his future, stating that he has a “fear of not having children, fear of a shorter lifespan and what if he doesn’t want to take medication. He asked, “what if I just want to be regular?” During one interview, a participant reflected. “You just be more conscious of how you live and the choice you make…the things you eat, the interactions you have.” Along with experiencing significant stigma from families, participants reported experiencing rejection from sexual partners and social networks as a whole. When asked about what he thinks of someone becoming HIV-positive, one participant stated, “I think it is scary because it scares a lot of people. Everyone says it isn’t a death sentence, but in the gay world, when it happens, you might as well just mark yourself off because I feel like people reject you.” Another participant stated, “I feel like as a black, gay person, it would be the worst thing that could happen to me. Not necessarily because of the actual disease, but how people would treat me” Pride was a common term used to describe being HIV-positive and several participants talked about how a positive HIV test would bring about feelings of shame. One participant described, “It wouldn’t be something I am proud of. It would be something I was more shameful of…” A second participant had similar feelings of becoming HIV-positive, stating, “I am proud to be a black person, proud to be a gay person, but those aren’t things that I chose in my life. It would be another statistic that I fall under, but this one wouldn’t be positive you know…It just isn’t something I would be proud of.” It is important to note that three out of the ten participants stated testing positive for HIV isn’t something they think about. One participant stated, “With one time partners? We just do it and move on. [HIV] isn’t something I think about.” Another participant expressed that he would be grateful to test HIV-positive so he could stop having anxiety about testing. Perception of Testing Positive for HIV in the IBM Context This section includes participant’s descriptions of their perceptions of testing positi...
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