A few days ago I started noticing some soreness around my clitoris, then some soreness on my labia and sometimes in my vagina and around my anus. The pain was never unbearable or even bad enough to take pain-killers, but it was definitely noticeable and something I haven’t felt before. I have been under a lot of stress lately, and I am an anxious person, which has made things a lot worse. I am going in for my first pap smear in a few weeks, and part of me is scared that I could have herpes, despite never having symptoms before (like I said, I’m an anxious person). I am in a long distance relationship and haven’t had sex in almost a year, however when we were together we had unprotected sex (he said he had been tested for STDs after his somewhat recent breakup), and I have had unprotected oral sex in the past. I know that stress can play a role in vaginal health, but I’m scared the soreness down there could be from an STD. Does anyone know what could cause this, or if there’s anything wrong in these photos? For some context, I haven’t been the most gentle with wiping on my anus recently (as well as when I cleaned it for the picture), so had I not been experiencing any other pain I probably wouldn’t have paid it much mind, but does it look like anything else is wrong with it?
Thank you.