Actor Charlie Sheen said that he wanted to voluntarily leave his life after learning his fatal diagnosis

The film star "Platoon" and "Wall Street" is the carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus. This became known a little more than a year ago, although the actor knew about his diagnosis for 4 years before the release of information. This was written by the media, with this kamping out there was a lot of scandals ...

The other day it became known how the actor reacted to the news of the disease. Of course, Shin experienced a real shock when he received the results of tests. He thought that HIV is a sentence. The first thought that occurred to the "doomed" was suicide.

Painful memories

Here's what the actor told journalists about that ill-fated day:

"I remember my first reaction - the desire to shoot myself. If it was not for my mother, I would no longer be alive. She was side by side and did not let me bring her to the logical end. I just did not want her to find my dead, mutilated body! ".

It is worth noting that now the Hollywood star has significantly changed his attitude towards the disease. Fear, which literally paralyzed him in the first months, receded. Now Charlie Sheen is glad that he was alive and could be useful for other people.

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He takes an active part in educational and social projects, is removed in advertising and sets an example for other people infected with HIV, how can one live with this terrible disease.