I agree so much about mental health being more accessible as a topic, and I think that people are able to learn more about it since it's less stigmatized for neurodivergents like us. :) I think with a lot of people they tend to classify OCD as just being something like "obsessive hand-washing" or something similar, which is how I often used to see it portrayed (if at all) and why I never considered that I had OCD until I found out that responsibility OCD existed, and all of my compulsions were stuff I never thought to consider compulsions.
It's kind of funny and sweet that both of us relate to Bruno so much. I think part of the reason why I developed a crush on him is because I connect with him so much as a character, since both of us are awkward storytelling introverts with OCD compulsions (and gosh darn it I wish I could see into the future). I'm really sorry to hear that there was a traumatic event you went through that jump-started your compulsions. *hugs* You doing better now, I hope? I feel like acknowledging and recognizing your compulsions can help understand and manage them since you have a way to identify them, at least that's been my experience and I hope you've been able to improve your mental state as well.
I definitely think my discovery has been helpful to me overall, and more than anything I feel like it gave me a sense of relief. When I first found The Paranoid's Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders at a bookstore. I was looking through the anxiety disorders (as I have anxiety), then I looked through the other sections just to see what they said, and when I read the page for Responsibility OCD things just clicked. It was like a light switch flicked on in my brain and all of my quirks and compulsions over the years actually had a definition and a name and a reason and I wasn't the only one who felt that way. It felt kind of liberating, honestly, had me feel a little better knowing that there was a name for my "I must do this or my loved ones will get hurt and it will be my fault" compulsions.