This document outlines the typical phases that someone goes through after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS: shock, reality, remembering, and rebuilding. It also provides guidelines for sensitive language to use when discussing HIV/AIDS, recommending phrases like "people living with HIV" instead of "AIDS victims."

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2. Situations

3. THIS IS MY STORY
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4. From diagnosis
to acceptance

5. Shock phase
Emotional reaction
Irrational behaviour
Guide through the
following few hours
Duration - 1 to 2 days
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6. Reality phase
Confronted with the realities
Emotional
Open for help from the
outside
Hypersensitive
Should I tell Who?
Confidentiality
Should I look for medication
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7. Remembering
phase
How did I get
infected?
Previous sexual
partners?
Sensitive for
judgmental attitude
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8. Rebuilding
phase
Depends on
previous support
I am still here!..
I may still dream!
Different look at life
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9. Let us use the correct language!
Do not use Use
 AIDS victims or suffers
 Innocent or guilty
 HIV/AIDS
 Killer disease
Fight or war against AIDS
 High risk groups
 Sinful and guilty
Those / them
 AIDS Orphans
People living with HIV
We are all affected
 HIV and AIDS, or HIV
 Life threatening illness
Response to HIV
 High risk behaviour
We are all broken people
Us / we
 Children orphaned by AIDS
Children vulnerable due to AIDS

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