1. Basically, you're in pain. All the fucking time.
2. And the sores are prominently displayed on the lips, for all to see.
3. It's pretty much impossible to hide them.
4. But that won't stop you from futilely trying, by any means necessary.
5. There's ~magical~ medicine, but you pretty much have to use it at the EXACT MOMENT you feel a tingling sensation, or else it's not nearly as effective.
6. If you do use medicine, it's going to stand out even more. Great.
7. No one wants to eat or drink after you. NO ONE.
8. So you can just forget about kissing.
9. People feel the need to remind you about it everywhere you go.
10. And Won't. Stop. Staring.
11. Understandably, all of this makes you super self-conscious.
12. And you've never wanted something to disappear so badly in all your life.
13. You find yourself avoiding eye contact with people.
14. And trying to make the rest of you look amazing as a means of distraction.
15. One cold sore can quickly lead to another one.
16. So now the healing will take twice as long! Fantastic.
17. Plus, it has to get worse to get better, so it ends up crusting over.
18. Oh, and did I mention it's a form of herpes?
19. So there's gonna be that one jackass friend who tells everyone you have herpes.
20. And no one believes you when you say it's just a cold sore.
21. When it finally heals, you're happy, but not that happy.
22. Because you know that if you have the virus, you have it FOR LIFE.
23. And it becomes a frustrating guessing game of "When will it flare up next?"
24. All of this stresses you out to no end, which ends up causing more cold sores in the process.
