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Living With Endometriosis

Member-led

Living With Endometriosis

People managing life with endometriosis

Chronic Illness
Endometriosis
Women's health
1/16
Today 5:00 PM • 60 min
Chronic illness support
annrny1

annrny1

New 🎉
Chronic illness support

People looking to connect so not lonely, sad, feel hopeless.

Aging
Chronic Illness
Loneliness
1/20
Today 8:30 PM • 60 min
Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation
Ray_L

Ray_L

Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation

people to learn and practice breathwork techniques

Breathwork
Healing
Inner peace
11/15
Today 9:00 PM • 45 min
The Muse & the Midnight Quill
Solenne

Solenne

The Muse & the Midnight Quill

The Alchemy of Witchcraft & Modern Neuroscience

Meditation
Spirituality
Vision building

2 spots left

7/9
Wed, 9/30, 1:00 AM • 90 min

For many people living with HIV, the hardest part is how others react. ShareWell has free online support groups for people living with long-term illness, which you can join from home and where you decide what to share.

Topic context

Understanding hiv

With treatment, HIV is a long-term condition that many people live with for decades. For many people the harder parts are social: stigma, deciding who to tell, dating, and for long-term survivors, grief and growing older.

Why it helps

How peer support helps with hiv

Peer support can help with HIV because stigma causes many people to keep their status secret, and secrecy is lonely. A supportive group can be one place where you do not have to hide.

Inside the room

What hiv groups often cover

  • Deciding who to tell and when
  • Dating and relationships
  • Stigma from family, community or health care
  • Growing older with HIV

ShareWell groups are peer support and do not give medical advice, so please keep working with your care team on anything about diagnosis or treatment. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Good fit for

Who these groups may help

  • People living with HIV, newly diagnosed or long term
  • People who have told very few others
  • Long-term survivors
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Related topics

These topics often connect with hiv and may offer another helpful angle, language, or support space.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an HIV support group on ShareWell?

ShareWell has no HIV group just now. The sessions on this page are general groups for people with long-term illness and gentle sessions such as meditation, and you choose whether to mention your diagnosis.

Do I have to say that I have HIV?

No. You can speak about living with a long-term condition without naming it.

Are there other groups I might like?

Yes. ShareWell has groups on loneliness, anxiety, grief, aging and many other topics, as well as LGBTQ+ support groups, each on its own topic page.

Where can I find medical information about HIV?

HIV.gov, run by the United States government, has current information on living well with HIV.

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