<b>Breaking The Silence: How Self-Compassion Reduces Fear Of Self Disclosure In Women With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder</b>

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between women with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and their self-compassion and fear of self-disclosure. The study investigated whether self-compassion could act as a protective factor that lessens the emotional avoidance connected to distress disclosure, using the framework of Compassion-Focused Therapy as a foundation. The study included a sample of 100 women who self-reported having OCD, using a correlational research design. The Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS-SF) and the Distress Disclosure Index (DDI) were used to gather data. SPSS was used to perform independent samples t-tests, linear regression, descriptive statistics, and Pearson correlation. Self-compassion and distress disclosure were found to be statistically significantly positively correlated (r =.318, p =.001), suggesting that women who were more self-compassionate were also more likely to express suffering. Distress disclosure was significantly predicted by self-compassion, according to linear regression analysis, which explained 10.1% of the variation (R2 =.101, p =.001). Although there was no discernible difference in self-compassion between treatment groups, participants in therapy also reported noticeably higher levels of distress disclosure than those not receiving treatment (p =.010). These results imply that in order to help women with OCD become less emotionally reticent and more open, self-compassion may be crucial. The study emphasizes how beneficial it may be to incorporate self-compassion-focused therapies into therapeutic environments.