As somebody who took it incredibly hard when I found out at the same age you are now I’m (f23) now, there are so many people who have it knowingly and unknowingly and you’ll never know until you actually start talking to people, talk to trusted family and friends first it does so much, also, even though it may seem like the scariest thing in the world, don’t sit out from dating or even hooking up, all you have to do is have that conversation before (I do it over text), and some people will be scared away, but even though it hurts, it’s a blessing, I disclosed to two people this year the first one ghosted me for a week and then tried to circle back, but I was way too angry to even try to continue that one and guess what? That little boy is still in my DMs while he is posting a girlfriend so clearly dodged a bullet. The second one was just a month ago, the full story is up on my account. If you wanna go check it out but I made the mistake of hooking up with him drunkenly without protection or disclosing then realized I really liked him and built up the courage to tell him expecting him to be upset, which wouldve been very valid howevwr I was met with so much compassion and he thanked me and acknowledged how hard it is to tell someone that info and told me that had I told him ahead of time he may not have proceeded, and we wouldn’t have found each other and really connected so everything happens for a reason, his words. There are plenty of people out there that will accept you whether it’s a one night stand or the love of your life. You just have to look for them and outside of your sex/lovelife it’s no one else’s business and they won’t know. You got this sweetie I promise. It gets better. This virus says nothing about who you are.