Sigmund Freud emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind, and a primary assumption of Freudian theory is that the unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than people suspect.
The only way to tell. The only way to tell if a person has HIV is through the HIV Antibody Test, which detects the presence of antibodies produced by the body in response to the HIV virus. It can take up to three months for antibodies to be developed.
The time it takes for a person who has been infected with HIV to show a positive test result (also known as seroconverting) is called the window period.. There are different types of HIV tests, and each type has a different window period. We have a more in depth article about HIV test window periods.