Overcoming Irrational Fear of AIDS (Norman Baxley and Associates, Inc., 1987)

Presents a roomful of health care providers receiving training on how to manage the knowns and unknowns about AIDS and deal with their anxiety, guilt, burnout, and even anger. At the start of the video, one nurse raises her hand to say, "The doctors aren't always honest about the patient having AIDS." It aims to explain the complicated feelings of health care providers who work with AIDS patients and presents a rational-emotive approach to assist in overcoming counter-productive thinking and fear.
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[@bonitamartin4954]

My first AIDS patient was angry and bitter. He was avoided by all. My second was fearful, angry and hurt. I had him for a patient the second day of his hospitalization. He was in reverse isolation. His sisters were at his bedside without gowns or masks. I told them they needed to gown up. Jonathan, my patient, remarked about making them sick. No one had told any of them the purpose of reverse isolation! I was quite fond of him. My last AIDS patient was in a psych hospital. She had been admitted in late summer, so had no warm clothes at discharge. I brought her an "outgrown" beautiful London Fog trench coat to wear to the LTAC facility. One of the other nurses remarked, "Why give that to HER? We can just wrap her in a blanket." I replied, "because SHE deserves dignity." They all do.

[@brendabrooks6731]

When people are closed-minded, it doesn't help matters, Continue to educate yourselves on anything and everything

[@lorenzo1660]

It's the 80s and it seems centuries ago as regards narrowmindedness and prejudice...

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

the LORD GOD says in the HOLY BIBLE that He would curse the filthy homosexual men. Do you want me to show you the BIBLE verses.

[@kittiesshortie5011]

That’s unfair. This fatal disease came out of nowhere and people had no way of knowing how it was transmitted. It’s logical that people were terrified and ready to do anything at all to protect themselves.

[@lorenzo1660]

@@kittiesshortie5011 I was not talking about the fear of that fatal disease, which is of course understandable. I was referring to the hard prejudice and severe blame towards homosexual people for just existing or having a partner, which were common and widespread in those years, as many segments of this video clearly show.

[@Truename586]

@@lorenzo1660dude that immoral lifestyle is why they got the disease

[@regankatona4275]

*40 yrs later, I still fear AIDS ! If I came over HIV +, I don't know how I'd take it.. it's something really frightening anyway dispite of the advanced treatments on nowadays, life wouldn't be the same it us'd to be*

[@jackwatson3944]

It's ignorant statements like that in which people die.

[@regankatona4275]

@@jackwatson3944 *Okay, that s your point I respect it, but no one'd really want to get pozz'd. Your life wouldnt be the same*

[@thatgirl9759]

@@jackwatson3944 Chill out. She is only stating how she feels. She's not passing judgement.

[@thatgirl9759]

It was a very scary time!

[@ShamrockParticle]

Recent news articles reveal a faster strain, not to mention and the number of variants that coexist in a body are more reasons why different drug cocktails are needed. And some of these drugs, over time and constant use, can damage the liver or kidneys. A lot of people shrug off the issue as "it's treatable and there's PReP too" but is it that simple?

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

"For the wages of sin is death" ~ HOLY BIBLE, Romans 6:23

[@justhannah3960]

Oh, get in the bin.

[@userAl9893]

would you tell this to the children who died because of blood transfusions? (before they started testing the blood for hiv)

[@KittyCandyCupcakes]

Ugh, what a disgusting comment.

[@keenannorris3309]

Well, we'll all die, so...

[@teamcougars]

I’m 54 years old now and I had a massive ischemic stroke in 2015, if at my age somehow I caught it … the devastating effect of this stupid stroke I’m not sure I would be inclined to take meds to prolong my life … I would be very tempted to go into hospice and let the disease take its course 🤷🏼‍♀️ I just don’t know the stroke took a major toll on my quality of life 😢