Genital Herpes Article

Having Herpes is Not The End of The World

The first realization that you have herpes can be very traumatic. Common thoughts are, "I've got an incurable disease..........my life is ruined!" And you will probably feel a lot of anger and resentment towards the person who infected you too.

But relax, it is not as bad as it at first seems, and you will be OK again, after a while. The information presented here, along with links to other sites, will enable you to live a healthy happy life. You will be able to enjoy sexual intimacy again. You will be able to let go of any feelings of guilt and anger. You will be able to learn from your experiences with herpes, and be able to become a better person for it.

There have been a myriad of different articles, books, and programs produced about herpes. Many of these are overly long and too technical, without much truly practical information.

Everything here is useful in one way or another. You will find that some of what you will learn here pertains to you directly, and some of it pertains to you indirectly. You may feel that you want to practice some of what you learn, but not all of it. But I suggest that you at least consider all of what is presented here with an open mind. THE MORE OF THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ACTUALLY PRACTICE, THE MORE YOU WILL BENEFIT. I suggest that in the beginnning, you do as much as you can.

Later, after your outbreaks have been in remission for a while, and you feel much healthier, you can taper off, and just practice those parts of the program which you feel will benefit you the most.

After you understand the program, and begin to use it, you will see how it can actually be quite easy for you to keep your herpes virus in remission, and not be bothered by it. The information contained here has been found to be helpful in preventinting outbreak sores, and to promoting overall good health.

THE APPROACH TAKEN HERE INVOLVES FOUR MAIN ASPECTS:

1. Using meditation and other methods to reduce stress. 2. Utilizing creative visualization to strengthen your immune system. 3. Using certain dietary supplements. 4. Dealing with the emotional and mental aspects.

First, let's talk about the relationship of stress to herpes outbreaks. Most people find that they are more prone to having an outbreak when they are stressed. This is because stress weakens your immune system. When your immune system is weakened, it gives an opportunity for your ever present virus to surface. The virus is always ready and waiting for a chance to attack. A weakened immune system gives it just such a chance. When it surfaces, you experience another outbreak of sores.

Many medical and scientific studies and experiments have verified the connection between stress and your immune system.

There are three types of stress: physical, emotional, and mental stress.

Let's talk about physical stress first, because it's the most obvious and simplest to deal with. Physical stress is the result of doing too much with your body in a given amount of time. It's working to hard. It's not getting enough rest. It's using substances which are harmful to your body. Such substances include caffeine, alcohol, sugar, tobacco, and food additives. Environmental considerations come in here too, such as dust, smoke and exposure to the fumes of chemicals and solvents etc. Loud industrial noise is ery fatiguing and stressful to our bodies as well. Sometimes we experience excessive sound in the form of loud music.

Think about some of the forms of stress which may be in your life now.

I invite you to just examine your life a bit now. Think about your daily activities. You are no doubt aware of areas of your life that can be slowed down a bit. Are you working to hard? For what? Do you really need all the things you are working to pay for? Think about reducing your work load, and other obligations. Think about lightening your financial loads as well. Are you partying a lot? Do you spend time in smokey bars? Are you eating junk foods? Junk food contains additives, colorings, and preservatives which stress your body. Are you staying up late? These are all forms of physical stress which contribute to weaking your immune system.

I needen't mention much here about what to do in this regard. An honest appraisal of your life and lifestyle will tell you what to do. It is up to you to do what is necessary in this regard. You are the only one who can do it. No one else can do it for you. Be honest, and start eliminating sources of stress in your life right now.

Just dropping everything and doing nothing can be one of the most important things you can do now to help yourself. If you are a very busy person with workaholic tendencies this is not easy to do, but you can do it with practice. Start with just a few minutes a day if necessary.

Here's a little trick to help you stay on track. Think of the word HALT. Don't allow yourself to get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.

Not getting too hungry is self explanatory. Plan your day. Eat breakfast. Take wholesome snacks with you if necessary. Stop working BEFORE you get really hungry, to allow the time needed to prepare or purchase a meal.

And in anger provoking situations, count to 10 and take some deep breaths before blowing up. Or remove yourself from the situation. Go for a walk, or leave the scene.

Loud noises, such as industrial noise, and excessively loud music are also stressful to the immune system, and contribute to a weaker immune system, which contributes to having herpes outbreaks.

We all get lonely sometimes. But if we ANTICIPATE that we might be alone and lonely during a certain evening or weekend for instance, we can PLAN IN ADVANCE what we can do about it.

Visit someone, or invite someone over. Get busy so you won't feel lonely. Or do activities where you'll be with others, or get involved with some chores or activities you've been putting off.

And don't get too tired. If something is not finished, and you're tired, REST. You can finish it another time. YOUR REST IS MORE IMPORTANT.

Paying attention to reducing your physical stress will help greatly in eliminating your outbreaks.

OK, now let's deal with emotional stress. We have many different emotions. Happiness and joy do not contribute to a weaker immune system. But anger, resentment, worry, and fear do. These emotions can cause us to lose sleep, which contibutes to physical stress too.

It is well known that worry causes ulcers. Socrates observed this in ancient Greece, thousands of years ago. This is probably the best known example of how an emotion can cause a physical ailment. Recently, some research has found that a certain virus produces ulcers. However, I believe it is stress which produces the virus! You don't have to be a medical researcher to know that stress is not good for you.

And what produces emotion? Remember, an emotion is a feeling. And what we think, influences how we react to certain events or people. This in turn determines the emotion we will be feeling. Positive, happy thoughts are what we want for a strong immune system.

We have difficulty thinking positive thoughts when we are harboring anger or resentment towards someone. You may be feeling anger and resentment towards the person who gave you herpes. This is understandable.

Before we can begin to feel happy thoughts, we have to get rid of the negative thoughts. There is a lot to this. A full discussion of what is involved cannot be included here. A partial expanation will have to suffice. The process involves releasing any pent up anger, and forgiving the persons who have harmed us. There is more on this topic in the online relief program, and the printed version of the program.

The third type of stress we want to reduce is mental stress. What is mental stress? Too much thinking, and not enough relaxing. It is easy to reduce this type of stress. And by far, the simplest methods involve the use of meditation tapes, or self hypnosis tapes.

Exercise is very helpful in reducing stress. Do something DAILY, for at least 30 minutes. There are many different activities you can do, solo, or with others. Vary your routine to make it interesting. This daily exercise does not have to be strenuous, and it is not necessary to get your heart rate up to a high level. The objective here is to remove yourself from your stressful situation in a pleasant activity. This in itself is stress reducing. However, if you are into it, it is certainly OK to do strenuous aerobic exercise.

You can join a community activities program, ranging from badminton to tennis, swimming or aerobics, or anything in between. In these programs you will mostly meet positive people, who are into a healthy lifestyle, and this can provide motivation as well as a source of companionship and social activity.

Herpes outbreaks have been found to recur when people with the virus ANTICIPATE stressful events, and EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE MOODS, OR LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT. When social contact is increased, and loneliness decreased, the immune system gets stronger.

Research has shown that believing you won't have an outbreaks reduces the chances of having an outbreak. ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE WITH THE HERPES VIRUS NEVER HAVE OUTBREAKS. TELL YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE.

Your mind and your imagination are two powerful tools which you can use to help end your herpes outbreaks for good. By using what is called CREATIVE VISUALIZATION, and AFFIRMATIONS, you can strengthen your immune system, so that it can keep your virus in remission. There is a lot to learn about how to do this, and it is beyond the scope of this short article. It and much more are covered in detail in "The Complete, No Drug, Herpes Relief Program" which you can read for free through a link below. It covers in length what you can do to lessen the severity of outbreaks, and what you can do to help speed healing of outbreaks as well. It is all part of living with herpes.

Certain herbal combinations have proven to be helpful in preventing outbreaks, by strengthening the immune system. You can find out about a particularly effective herbal combination for this purpose called Herpesgone, available through the link below.

I hope this short article has made you feel more hopeful about your life with herpes now, and given you some ideas on what you can do to help yourself.

Best wishes, Steve

To learn about Herpesgone to prevent outbreaks, click on the following link or copy and paste it into your browser address bar. http://www.herpesgone.com

(It is possible to never have outbreaks.)

One way to feel better is to help others. (It is one of the reasons I do it.) You can help others by sending them the link to this page. You can copy and paste the link below on herpes sites, and to herpes discussion groups on facebook and Twitter.

http://herpesgone.com/HavingHerpes.html

They will be taken directly to this page. Thank you, and I hope you are feeling better soon!