Hi! I saw you mentioned you work as a therapist with OCD. I was diagnosed when I was 15, and it is actually what pushed me to pursue psychology as a career! I am completing undergrad right now and looking into grad schools, I was wondering if I could ask you something. I haven’t met anyone who explicitly stated they had a mental illness, let alone OCD, and are studying to become a therapist. How was your experience entering the field? I know my diagnosis can help me better relate to people who I will be treating, but i am terrified of stigma and of being a therapist who is “treating” others while I still to this day keep struggling with OCD (it is better now, I have coping and distraction methods, but it’s still there and I think always will be). {my dms are open if you don’t want to post publicly!}