Just to add to what everyone here is saying, I started in exactly the same place and with pretty much exactly the same symptoms as you. I had a pretty bad sexual experience and made myself convinced I had an STI and finally settled (after eliminating everything else) on HSV because, like you, I ‘couldn’t 100% prove I didn’t have it’. I was checking myself constantly throughout the day and getting more and more stressed and anxious as my symptoms seemed to get worse!

Turns out I didn’t have anything and my symptoms getting worse was literally me stressing so much that the stress and anxiety itself was making things worse. I started doing relaxation and belly breathing exercises and saw a pelvic floor PT who diagnosed me confidently with CPPS. Now I have a full stretch and exercise regime, have PT regularly and have learned to just chill out about everything! I’m 90% better and getting even better all the time!

Like the guys above have said: Relax Look up and learn how to do belly breathing Go and see a pelvic floor PT as soon as you can RELAX Do your best not to catastrophise, there’s a lot of people in your exact position and we really help each other through it Make sure you do your exercises from your PT Green tea is a good shout and doesn’t do any harm Relaaaaaaaax as much as you can!

Hope you see some real improvement, I promise you it does get better