Somatic ocd ears

I’ve recently been doing so much better with my somatic ocd and then it kept switching back and forth between two similar details about the same somatic ocd with my ears. I expect the ups and downs but it really got me stuck again about something I wasn’t too worried about before now it seems like the worst thing. I know acceptance is important to cut the automatic rumination. Even though I haven’t fully done the acceptance I can stop the ruminating. But if my core fear isn’t dealt with I feel like me stopping the ruminating is pointless 🤔 just a little stuck 😞any tips would be grand 🥺