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<v ->For people who are struggling with disclosure,</v>

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I think the first thing that I would say is,

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make sure that you're ready.

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There's nothing worse than disclosing,

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I had a situation like that,

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and luckily it turned out fine,

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but it really made me nervous initially,

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because I had shared with a very,

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what I thought was a very close friend at work,

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that I was HIV positive, but made it very clear,

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I wanted it kept between myself and this person,

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and the next day I came in

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and all 350 of my co-workers knew that I was HIV positive.

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But, you know, evaluate whether somebody,

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who is going to act like that,

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is even worth having in your life,

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even worth being someone that you associate with.

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Think about what it would mean to have that opportunity

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to educate people about it and get rid of that fear,

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and when you're ready, do it.

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Talk to the people that you're comfortable

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with talking to about it,

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and you're going to find it so liberating, so freeing.