Living now {Professional Social Worker and RTI Worker}
HIV helped some people to think about the value of the present moment' 'Once you realise your mortality, then that focuses your life to do things that you want to do, as opposed to doing things to survive.' That is, people started to think about their quality of life right now. Focusing on 'now' had all sorts of results for people like taking responsibility for their lives, doing things that were good for them, making better choices to look after themselves, feeling more 'alive' and enjoying life' 'If I am going to live now, it has to be really worth living, because it has been really hard work to get to this point.' So for some people focusing on the present moment (including the good and the bad), and trying not to judge or run away from things, was an important way of managing the mind.
