So for a while, I've been worried about having HIV. I want to make sure that this message is short. I don't want it to be too long. So back in March, I shook hands with someone who had HIV or AIDS. But I'm worried if there was blood-to-blood contact. Then, about four weeks later, I noticed symptoms such as coughing, headaches, muscle aches, a swollen lymph node on the right side of my ear, sleepiness, etc. I looked up the symptoms and realized these were symptoms of early HIV infection. It made me feel scared. I spent a lot of time having anxiety about it.

I never had sex and I've never shared needles.

I am 18. I am a male. I go to a community college.

I have taken at least six HIV tests and all of them have came out negative.

7/14 - took an HIV test on my campus and received the results two weeks and they were negative.

8/26 - took another HIV test, which came back two weeks later and was negative.

9/16 - took an HIV test and it came out negative.

9/23 - took another HIV test and it came out negative.

10/15 - took another HIV test and it came out negative.

11/10 - took an HIV mouth swab test and it came out negative.

However, I'm still worried. I'm worried that HIV could get into my body in another kind of way. So far, I've never had sex and I have never shared needles. I always worry if there could be random blood-to-blood contact from shaking hands with random people. A lot of people say that you cannot catch HIV from shaking hands.

I need help getting rid of my anxiety.

I realize that I am a hypochondriac.

What can I do to get rid of my anxiety?

Please help me. I want to stop having anxiety.

Sorry if this post was too long.