I’ve had 2 personal/interpersonal life-changing events by being able to put a “label” on people I loved’s experiences that they and I were struggling with.

Once there was a “label”, we all felt we had a map to navigate by, a sense of normalcy, a feeling of not being alone in having to figure some intensely important shit out.

I guess specifically, it was an ex who began having Anxiety Disorder, and my son being diagnosed as mildly on a “spectrum”.

Having a wealth of experience being communicated about those issues - each of which felt like I could write a short paper about - was a sea-change in how myself and my loved ones could move and understand and love going forward.

So yeah, kudos for bringing this up Alanajoy. Labels are a two-edged sword, ngl, but when you need to slay a demon…