So I’ve been terrified this past week because I’ve been convinced I have contracted HIV. Last week in school I had a small crack/split/cut on my knuckles caused by dry skin from excessive hand washing, it never bled but was still noticeable and I could see a pink layer between the crack (I’m assuming another layer of skin or something) and later on I fist bumped one of my friends and then noticed the side of his hand was bleeding from a small cut (he didn’t even know he was) and I panicked and instantly inspected my knuckles, I couldn’t see any blood on there (but I do know it only takes a single drop to transmit) and I rushed to the bathroom and rinsed my hands and since then I’ve been convinced I caught hiv from that and I keep telling myself that there’s no way he even had HIV, he’s a virgin and doesn’t do any IVF drugs (well as far as I know of) but I still can’t get the fear out of my head, I am and always have been a massive hypochondriac. I started coughing and sneezing a few days ago and really started to panic but then I heard my mom also cough and sneeze and I knew it must of been just a cold. The worse part is that to get tested you have to wait 3 months after exposure so for all that time I’ll be stressing.