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@Jay222 - What has helped me was getting in touch with acceptance and commitment therapy and compassion focused therapy, both aligned to assist me in my treatment. If you're interested, OCD Stories, a podcast made by Stuart Ralph, invites specialists and people within the OCD spectrum to talk about it and episodes... - #367: Dr Chad LeJeune - “Pure O" OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughtswith ACT. - #255: Dr Patricia Zurita Ona - W.I.S.E. M.O.V.E.S. in ACT based ERP. - #282: Dr Michael Twohig, Dr Patricia Zurita Ona and Jonny Say: ACT for OCD. - #334: Jonny Say – Self-compassion, and building up psychological flexibility in OCD treatment. - #297: Kimberley Quinlan: Self-Compassion for OCD. - #384: Dr Steven Phillipson: Living within the variability of being human, being centred, autonomy, and assertiveness in relation to OCD. - Dr Steven Hayes on ACT, OCD and Living A Meaningful Life. are quite insightful about what i’ve mentioned and like them a lot.

There’s a intrinsic multifatorial character to diagnosis, 'cause human beings are complex. Suffering, disease, and illness are all affected by multiple levels of organization, from the societal to the molecular. The most wise use of a diagnosis is tracking an individual’s symptoms and signs while also being genuinely curious about one’s entire experience about what’s happening to them — not to produce normativity. Then, there’s gonna be valuable and legit information feeding both patient’s and professional’s acknowledgment to make conscious choices about their treatment, care and healing.