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Major Anxiety

Not sure what to think, I feel noxious just thinking about it. It may be guilty as well, had sex with an escort I remember using a condom but I was not able to ejaculate, thus pulled it off and handed it to her. I somewhat remember the escort kinda nervous and she kept watching the clock. When I asked her if she had anything she told me no she was clean and that she uses a condom with everyone. But my anxiety hasn't stopped sense then I have had off and on sore throat, some diarrhea and fatigue, some stomach bloating, and itchy sensations but no rash , its been 2 wks and one day. I/m just no sure what to think, Iv had anxiety issues about this is the past and thought I would be able to deal with it but unfortunate i cant. Can anyone please ease my mind a little, cause im driving myself crazy thinking about it.
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HIV symtoms include fever, u dont have fever  so dont worry.
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Thanks for the informative replay. I do agree, with you but I can almost convince myself that the condom somehow broke, when i literally remember it being intake the entire time. The weird thing is this mostly happens with escorts and not really with girls I meet. So my guess is that I feel guilty about it somehow and deal with it differently. I just don't understand the symptoms i been having for 1.5 wks of a dry sore throat, no fever or rash.  Makes me guess and think in the back of my mind the condom might have broke, but like you said if it did I would have noticed it. Thank you
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I have sympathy with you, I had HIV anxiety after a low risk vaginal encounter & it literally took over my life for 8 weeks. The situation got worse the MORE I looked on Google & inspected my body. Only the negative duo test at 8.5 weeks started to calm me down, even although I initially doubted the diagnosis and continued to look for symptoms!

Three things will help you. Firstly, a test which will be negative as you had no risk (if a condom breaks you would know it broke). Secondly, do not Google anything or symptom search, EVER. This almost led to my own suicide. Thirdly, cognitive based therapy, which would help stop you thinking so negatively about everything.
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I fee the same way you do i had a escort give me a bj with a condom on and feel like i have hiv even though i went to planned parenthood to get tested for any stds and my results came back negative
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I probably do have HIV phobia. How do i deal with that?
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For some reason I keep thinking the condom broke, I don't know why, Its driving me crazy. I'm sure if it broke I would have felt it , seen it and heard it.
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There was no risk. This was safe sex.
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