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Telling people it's no big deal is doing them a direct misservice. By all means it should be destimized but you should also be honest about the risks and realities of what it can mean. What happened to me might be a worse case scenario but the average first breakout is still way worse than you would have people believe, and people should know what can actually happen. I'm so sick of people being dismissive of it.
Half the time when I'm confiding in a friend about how my life has and is still going downhill and I tell them about the herpes the first words out of their mouth is "it's no big deal, everyone has it" and it makes me feel so alone. It can be a big deal and it's not as common as people make out.