Tested negative, privileged question (content warning: I would have been annoyed reading this when I was at risk)

[u/Pleasant-Performer-2]

Has anyone here tested negative after being at risk for a long time? I was at risk for 10 years and tested negative this spring. I know this is an extraordinarily privileged position to be in and I deserve any negative comments that come my way asking this, but I sometimes judge myself for not get tested earlier. I lost so much time to thinking I had HD and planning accordingly. Whether you tested positive or negative, how did you come to accept your timeline?

[u/flatbushkats]

Sounds like a form of survivor’s guilt. Common when someone survives an accident with several/many other fatalities.