An HIV related emotional roller coaster

[geminigirl]

A lot of my life focuses on HIV. Some days that's harder than others. Today it's been a roller coaster ride.

Today I've been angry about HIV...

Angry because I should get another HIV test. (And sure, this is preventable, and my risk is pretty minimal, but I'd be lying if I said none.

Angry because I've written two comments today about people getting HIV tests. Which makes me crazy for no known reason...

Angry because people I love and care about are sick. Which just plain sucks.

and because sometimes, my job makes me crazy.

At the same time, sometime I question the legitimacy of my anger. Which is probably silly, but it's hard not to.

And then, I read my friends page and saw rivka's post...where she pointed out this page which was funny and made me laugh. And brightened my mood considerably.

It's a roller coaster...some days are harder than others. Especially with an emotionally charged issue like the one I work with. It's good to be reminded to laugh.

But somedays, I wish I could be out of a job.

Comments

Re: Exactly What I do...

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

OK - I kinda guessed that was your line of work, so thanks for filling in the gaps.

It would be interesting to hear how and why you do this kind of work, coz it sure does take special people to do it. And sounds to me like you're special.

You can blush now!

Re: Exactly What I do...

[geminigirl]

I wish I knew where you people got these crazy ideas....

Re: Exactly What I do...

[geminigirl]

http://www.livejournal.com/talkpost.bml?journal=geminigirl&itemid=127158

written especially for you.