I get regular panic attacks after an exposure to HIV through a needle puncture a couple years ago. The needle was sitting in one of those Dose boxes at C-train stations. Somebody had left a used needle in one, I stuck my hand in to grab the paper and got pricked. I was fine, tests out to 6 months were negative, but it impacted me psychologically in a really brutal way. Even someone just mentioning the word 'HIV' can have me break out in a brutal hot sweat and can change my emotions from normal to extremely agitated almost instantly.
The brain is a freaking weird organ.
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