Recommended books about Herpes, Living With Herpes, Herpes Management, Staying Healthy, and keeping a positive outlook.
Highly recommended books about the herpes experience:
The Good News About the Bad News: Herpes: Everything You Need to Know
Yes, I Have Herpes: A Gynecologist’s Perspective In and Out of the Stirrups
The Herpes Handbook by Terri Warren, NP, Herpes researcher and clinician of the Westover Heights Clinic. The information in The Herpes Handbook allows a partner to learn more about herpes in a non-threatening way and offer the words that the person with herpes may find difficult to speak. Frequently updated, the book can serve as a reference for a review of facts or a place to go back to when struggling with self-acceptance issues. Free to download from the Westover Heights website: westoverheights.com/herpes/the-updated-herpes-handbook
Given that we have this virus, and with much of the world seemingly in turmoil these days, it’s vitally important to manage our state of mind and emotions. The more we stay positive, think forward towards a brighter future, and stay out of gloom, depression, and anxiety, the better our experience will be. Some say that keeping the happy positive endorphins going in our bodies can even help reduce outbreaks. Here are some books that can inspire, motivate, and give a new perspective on life, love, and they way things are.
Highly recommended books for mindset:
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
(As always, beware of any book or product that claims they have a “cure” for herpes! There are many treatments and ways to manage it, but as of now there is no “cure.”)
