Concerned about red bump

[rorowawo]

I'll start by writing that from what I've read and seen, I don't really think it's herpes, but I figured I'd post the details to ease (or feed) my anxiety. I've had a few bumps(3-4) on the shaft recently, not in clusters, but all separated from each other by at least a cm or more (one was on the opposite side). I was pretty much able to pop them all, and they bled like pimples, and I checked with my doctor who initially though they might be warts, but definitely not herpes. Then they got infected and looked more serious, so I completely freaked out and began to think they're herpes (I know that I popped them, and I knew that I was being irrational, but I'm a terribly anxious person with GAD/Bipolar Depression, and I can't help but think "What if", even if the fact that it's benign is somewhat clear).

On Thursday night, I pulled an all-nighter so that I wouldn't miss my appointment with my Psychiatrist the next day. I was EXTREMELY anxious in the waiting room for whatever reason, but I wasn't even thinking about herpes or anything, just generally anxious. Then I felt tingling on the left side of my genitals, and started freaking out and looking up Herpes symptoms. It got worse the more I thought about it, and by the time I had the appointment, it was gone and not even a worry in my mind.

Then yesterday night, I remembered this tingling and decided to look in the area. I found a red bump between my shaft and testes, but from a certain angle it looked like it could be a blister. So I freaked out, ran downstairs, shaved that area, and at a closer glance it looked like one of the other bumps (except it looked a little more weird).
It was perfectly round like the others, except the middle was kind of indented, and it looked a little more "blistery". I decided to play around with it like I did with the others, and though it was harder than them to pop, I did pop it, but it bled from the side instead of the whole thing popping like a pimple. Because of the fact that I was able to pop it, I don't think it's anything, but it's just that the way it popped was a little bit weird, and I don't know what would happen if you popped a herpes blister.

The biggest worry is that even though I've only had sex with 3 girls, the last one was a close friend, and I slept with her at 10-15 times. I found out later that she has quite a bit of experience (around 14 past sexual partners?).
She said that she always wears condoms unless it's with people she knows and trusts. I wasn't too educated on STDs before, and she told me, "I've never had symptoms of anything, like I always check and have not seen a single thing". I bought into this and had unprotected sex about every single time. The last time I had sex with her was 10 months ago, and it was my most recent sexual encounter. It came to my knowledge that two of our mutual friends also had sex with her a few times (unprotected), and they have yet to find symptoms of anything either (yup, I found out she kinda gets around).

I'm sorry for my insecure pile of text, but any feedback would be much appreciated :)

[HowardH]

I agree with your opening statement. Almost certainly you don't have herpes or any other STD. Most of what you write suggests a need to keep working with your psychiatrist on the underlying psychological issues you seem to have. Seems to me you should raise the issue of your apparently elevated anxieties about sex and the sexual choices you have made. But this is strictly an STD forum, so we won't have more to say about those aspects.

[rorowawo]

I also forgot to mention that due to a fairly severe depressive episode, I haven't been able to muster up the energy to shower much in the past few months (maybe a shower every 3-6 days), which is gross, but it's the truth. I think this is the reason I've been having these pimples/bumps down there, and I'm also treating jock itch at the moment as well. I just want to know if I should worry about this or not.