Hi all, so I was just wondering if you could offer me some advice. As my username suggests, I do have major health anxiety, and I have done ever since an awful panic attack that I mistook for a heart attack. I have gotten better at managing this, usually by following a rule where I will only see my GP if the symptom(s) of a condition have been persisting for days, instead of panicking and calling them straight away.

That usually works very well, but this lymph node is kinda ruining that rule because it just will not go away. I've been to see my GP about 3 times for it now, and she keeps saying unless I get any further symptoms it's probably nothing to worry about, but it's just constantly on my mind. Not to the point of a mental breakdown or anything, but to the point where I'm reminded about it at least a couple of times a day.

What bothers me most is just having no idea where it came from. I can't think of any particular infections that caused it to appear, and I don't understand how it could be the only one that's still swollen after whatever infection that caused it went away. I know it doesn't help to keep prodding and poking it, but I'm kinda paranoid that it's getting larger, just too gradually to notice.

I'm sure this looks like a classic case of hypochondria, and like I said before, I'm not even going to try denying that because it probably is. I trust my GP almost always, but everything I read online tells me that if it was completely harmless it would have gone down by now.
 

I suppose I'm just looking for reassurance, or advice, or both if possible! As I say, I don't think I have any symptoms - or at least none that can't be explained away by regular/more common conditions - just this one little *** on my neck that won't go away!