The existence of human beings is threatened by many maladies including increased incidence of HIV/ AIDS. In Indian annual HIV sentinel surveillance survey estimated an infection of 2.9 million populations by the year 2010.government of India estimate aids accountable more death rate than tuberculosis and malaria. In the present study an exploratory approach is used to find the impact of HIV/ AIDS on the life style of affected persons and the coping strategies adopted by them. The study has been taken place in ART Center at G.R. Medical College, Gwalior, and M.P. The research approach and design adopted for the study was descriptive exploratory approach. The population consisted of persons affected by HIV/ AIDS. Purposive sampling techniques were used to obtain a sample of 45 persons affected by HIV/ AIDS. 100% of the samples were in the productive age group of 26 to 45 years and majority of the affected persons (53%) were male and 47% were female. However homosexual accounted for 20% of affected persons in the sample. Majority of the sample (47%) were married, 41% were single and 6% each were either divorcee or widower. All the persons in the sample (100%) in the sample were Literate (27% Primary, 40% secondary and 33% were graduate. 77.56% affected persons uses positive coping strategies and rest negative coping strategies.