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<v ->To someone who's newly diagnosed,</v>

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I would say that you're gonna be okay.

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It may take a little time for you to get the understanding

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of what HIV really means,

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'cause it means a lotta different things

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to a lotta different people

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but you need to find out what it means for you

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and you need to find out what you wanna do with your life

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because some people being HIV positive

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it's not necessarily a negative thing

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because for some people who use, it stops them from using

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and you're taking care of your health

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because you're not using drugs anymore.

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So I would say just take it one day at a time

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if you're newly diagnosed, learn as much as you can

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because the more than you learn about it

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the more it takes the fear away

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from actually being HIV-positive

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and it's not this big terrifying word anymore,

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so the more you learn the smaller HIV actually becomes

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and the bigger you become

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because the more knowledge you gain,

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the less fearful you will become.