A woman went viral for claiming that God gave her a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a “blessing”. She said that after getting the STD she began to “make better choices” in life.
The 39-year-old Alexandra Harbushka hails from Las Vegas, Nevada. She was diagnosed with oral and genital herpes in 2011 after she contracted it from someone she was dating at the time. She struggled with drinking, poor finances, and binge eating when she got contracted the STD.
Harbushka said that being diagnosed with oral and genital herpes was “absolutely devastating, crushing and suffocating”. She spent two years in a “depressive state” but the negative experience led to her making positive changes when she turned 30.
Harbushka realised that she needed to make changes in her lifestyle. She said she became more health conscious and started looking out after her body to decrease the number of painful outbreaks around her genitals.
She said that when she did not eat nutritious food or sleep well, she would get genital outbreaks. Since she was binge eating when she got diagnosed, she had to “relearn how to eat”. Harbushka started doing yoga and looking after her body to lessen the outbreak of herpes.
Alexandra Harbushka Calls Her STD A Blessing
Alexandra Harbushka accepted her diagnosis and health condition and raised awareness about ending the stigma around sexually transmitted diseases on TikTok. She began the company Life With Herpes where helpful information about herpes is shared.
In the viral video, she said, “I believe that God was giving me messages along the way that I wasn’t on my path… God gave me herpes so I would wake up, listen, and make changes.”
Harbushka is currently married and is the mother of a two-year-old, but after her diagnosis, her dating life changed. Telling potential partners about her herpes meant that she could learn the true “intent of the person”. She also added, “I think there is a shock value to saying herpes is a blessing. “ Harbushka spoke about her diagnosis and said, “If we look at it like these changes improved my life and shaped me into the person that I am now, then it’s a blessing.”
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Discovered on: 2022-08-13 11:11:17
Source: Alexandra Harbushka Calls Her STD A “Blessing” From God
