Today was one of those days. In exactly 9 days I will have been diagnosed with HIV for exactly two years, and as that day is getting closer, I feel my world getting smaller. It's like my mind is...
I am devastatingly tired. Today it is a weight pressing on my spirit. It is almost as if it's the only emotion I have room for.
Fighting the darkness within is a daily challenge, but to stop fighting is death.
See, a girl like me, living in a cruel cold world…with little to no backbone support.
My name is Marissa Gonzalez, originally from New Jersey, now living in sunny Southwest Florida.
I was 26 years old. My children were 1 and 6 years old. I had recently ended a mentally and physically abusive relationship.
When I found out I was HIV positive, I didn’t know much about the virus except for what I remember learning in my high school health class. I thought I was going to die young. I thought I would look...
When I was 27 years old I became pregnant with my daughter. After my first prenatal visit, I found out I was HIV positive.
Living with HIV for the past 12 years has been full of ups and downs.
I'm determined not to let HIV depression get me down. I'm determined not to let HIV exhaustion get me down. I'm determined not to let HIV stigma make me bitter and closed off. The anxiety of...