Resources

Resources for Highly Sensitive People & Empaths

Maria Hill ~ Maria is a lifelong explorer and synthesizer of the sensory experience. Her explorations of old wisdom and new emerging frameworks provide her with a unique perspective on the experiences of sensitive people and their potential contributions to the world. She has created The Sensitive Evolution website, which includes information for sensitive individuals, and is the author of The Emerging Sensitive: A Guide for Taking Your Place In The World. She also offers courses for highly sensitive people to help them navigate the world more effectively.

Douglas Eby: Enhancing Creativity and Personal Development.

Jade Disks ~ In her delightful video, Jade provides an enlightening glimpse of what it means to be highly sensitive.

Also, see Highly Sensitive People.

Online Labs

Whenever your doctor gives you a clean bill of health but you still feel sick and tired, it's crucial to run a few tests to identify the underlying cause. I suggest checking your hormones, but before doing that, consider getting a hair mineral analysis test to check for vitamin and mineral imbalances. Hormones become imbalanced when there are nutrient imbalances. When vitamin and mineral deficiencies are corrected, hormones often balance themselves out, and symptoms disappear; therefore, testing your vitamin and mineral levels first makes good sense.

Another crucial aspect to consider is the role of gut microbes. Deficient or toxic overgrowths of these microbes can hinder nutrient absorption, resulting in vitamin and mineral deficiencies, as well as hormonal imbalances. Therefore, it's essential to test for these imbalances. Your healthcare provider should be able to assist you with these tests, but I've also included a few private testing resources for your convenience.

Hair Mineral Analysis Test

Visit Brezinski Nutritional Solutions online.

Understanding your results, Part 1
Understanding your results, Part 2
Understanding your results, Part 3

Saliva, Blood & Stool Tests

Most of the labs linked below offer a variety of tests to choose from for private, pay-out-of-pocket testing. Some tests are super easy (saliva, blood spot, stool). You pay for a kit to be sent to your address and return your sample to the lab by mail using the prepaid label enclosed in your kit. Within a few days or a couple of weeks, they notify you of your results and typically provide a phone number to call for a discussion with a representative. You'll visit a lab in your area to have blood drawn for blood-related tests. They'll let you know where to go and follow up on your results. Other online labs are also available, so research for the best pricing.

Private STD Testing

HSV Dating Sites & Forums

There is love after herpes, but you must consider your safety when meeting others for the first time. Please practice dating safety tips when meeting and dating someone new, regardless of how you meet. And don't be naive. Just because you meet someone who already has herpes doesn't mean you can't contract far worse diseases (people are not always honest). Always act in your best interest by following your intuition (not your hormones).

Dating Sites

Forums

Honeycomb Forum (This site pops up as not being secure, likely due to a "cookie" issue.)
Herpes Opportunity
MedHelp Herpes Community Forum Warning! This forum speaks openly and bluntly about sexual practices.
POZ (English) or Foros Comunitarios de POZ (Spanish) - Living with HIV & HSV

Videos

It Might Be Good to Have Herpes | Trained Immunity
Ella Dawson (speaking out on the social stigma of herpes)
I Have Genital Herpes, and It's OK.
Healed From Herpes At 17

Narcissistic Abuse Survival Support

Also, see Beware the Narcissist and How to Safely Leave an Abuser.

Sexual Assault Hotline

It's not uncommon to contract STDs during sexual assaults. If you have been sexually assaulted at any time in your life, RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24/7 for support and guidance at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). For online chat in English, visit online.rain.org. In Spanish, visit rainn.org/es.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center: 1.888.373.7888 (or text "BeFree" to 233733)

Resources for Anxiety, Phobias & Depression

Please see Anxiety, Phobias & Depression.

The Suicide Hotline

At some point, whether it's the physical pain of a herpes outbreak or the constant worry about your future, you may experience a sense of hopelessness that drowns out all hope. You may entertain thoughts of suicide. You're not alone in your thinking. Many people feel this way. However, thinking about it and planning it are very different things. If you plan on ending your life, please tell someone (a family member, friend, minister, or doctor) to get the help you need. You're a child of God (valued and loved). Have hope. God has a better plan for your life.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1.800.273.TALK (8255)

Call 988 or call 911 (for medical help or to be redirected to a crisis number)

If you speak Spanish, call 888.628.9454.

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, use your preferred relay service or dial 711, then 800.273.8255.

If you're enlisted or a military veteran, call The Veteran's Crisis Line at 800.273.8255.

Or visit 988 Lifeline for more information.

Other National Hotlines (USA)

Crisis Text Line: Text "GO" to 741-741 (free and confidential)
National Safe Place: Text "SAFE" and your current location to 69866.
Family Helpline: Any question, any time 888.866.8660
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Hotline: Dial 211
Boystown National Helpline: 1.800.448.3000
Veteran's Crisis Line: 1.800.273.8255 (or dial 988 and press 1 for veterans)
National Domestic Abuse Violence and National Child Abuse Hotlines: 1.800.799.7233 (or text "LOVEIS" to 22522)
Rural Response Hotline: 1.800.464.0258
Disaster Distress Hotline: 1.800.985.5990 (TTY 1.800.846.8517)
Poison Control Center: 1.800.222.1222