If you've visited my about me page, you know I live with the Herpes Simplex Virus. I don’t mind telling you that in the beginning I used to focus only on treating my herpes symptoms, but as flares became more frequent, I started paying attention to HSV triggers. But my outbreaks didn't fully line up with those things. What I mean is that I couldn’t tie my outbreaks to the same things every time. For example, I could eat a ton of arginine-rich foods, and herpes wouldn’t reactivate, but a couple of months later, after doing the same thing, it might result in a rash of blisters. There was no pattern.
For nearly a decade, I suffered from frequent and severe outbreaks, often back to back. Trying to avoid herpes was all hit and miss for me. No matter how well I kept records on possible triggers, I was left feeling as though the Herpes Simplex Virus had control over my body and I had none. I felt lost, confused, angry, and hopeless.
The only trigger I had noticed over all of the years of taking “notes” about my symptoms was that feeling “unsafe” almost always preceded an outbreak. But although I knew it was stress-related, I didn’t understand why, so I didn’t know what to do about it. Trying to relax didn’t change a thing. Simplifying my life, avoiding social pressures, getting more organized, meditation, therapy, and positive affirmations didn’t seem to affect my outbreaks at all.
It wasn’t until I ran across information about Nervous System Dysregulation that I began to understand what was happening and exactly why herpes was constantly reactivating. Herpes wasn’t the problem at all. Herpes was only a symptom of a deeper problem going on in my nervous system. This clarity changed the way I approached everything about living with herpes.
You can learn more about Nervous System Dysregulation in my FREE guide, Could Nervous System Dysregulation Be Causing Your Frequent Herpes Outbreaks?
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