The Restored Minds Podcast with Matt Codde

AI and Anxiety: Why Asking a Chatbot for Reassurance Keeps the Fear Loop GoingYou ask the question from inside the fear. The answer comes back shaped by that fear. You feel better for a few minutes, and then the loop asks again.In this episode of the Restored Minds Podcast with Matt Codde, Matt looks at how people use AI to settle fear and anxiety, where it can genuinely help, and why information alone has never been the thing that changes a life.Check our New App: restoredminds.com/startCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/startCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/start🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Why the answer you get reflects the state you asked from✅How a quick reassurance becomes a compulsion that feeds the loop✅Why feeling better for a few minutes is not the same as getting better✅What it means to move from understanding an idea to embodying it✅Why the information lane feels safe and keeps you stuck✅Where AI, books and videos fit once you know the work is yours🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from Fear and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 AI and mental health: the middle position1:33 Where AI helps and where it stops2:08 The answer comes back shaped by your state3:18 Escaping fear by going into your mind4:43 Why reassurance from AI feeds the loop5:10 Why information alone does not change anything6:05 The messy work no one wants to do7:12 Knowing what to do vs doing it8:19 What a screen cannot give you8:50 What actually changes a life⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

In this episode of the Restored Minds Podcast with Matt Codde, we look at what sits underneath most fear and anxiety: what you are actually attached to. Not your thoughts. Not your symptoms. The foundation underneath them.Matt breaks down the difference between a fear-based attachment and a love-based attachment, and why so many people spend years managing anxiety and intrusive thoughts without ever touching the source.If you have worked hard to be good, to think your way out, or to build a life where nothing gets triggered, this episode shows why that effort keeps you in the same place.Check our New App: restoredminds.com/startCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/startCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/start🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Spot the fear underneath your need to be good✅Recognize when you are masking pain instead of releasing it✅See why understanding an idea is not the same as living it✅Tell which state you are living from by how life actually feels✅Understand why managing anxiety keeps the pattern running✅Shift from managing symptoms to releasing fear🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from Fear and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 The one thing healing depends on0:36 Fear-bonded vs love-bonded attachment1:27 Why do you need to be good?2:13 Projecting fear outside of you2:41 The cost of only managing it3:20 What raising kids taught Matt about fear7:00 Why ideas never land8:14 How to tell which state you live from8:59 Knowing it vs living it12:25 What healing really is13:00 Closing thoughts⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

You can get the job, the money, the relationship, and still feel the same underneath. In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW, explains why.He walks through where suffering really comes from, why chasing peace in the outside world keeps fear and anxiety running, and why healing starts with turning inward and looking at what has been running you from underneath, your own state of consciousness.If you recognize the chase in this episode, start with the free recovery guide below.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand where most suffering actually comes from✅See why asking "why do I want this?" gets uncomfortable fast✅Learn how the chase for peace keeps fear and anxiety running✅Notice why distraction and positive thinking are counterproductive✅Recognize why "I don't have time for this" is worth examining✅Discover why peace can only be found withinCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/start🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from Fear and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about0:36 What most of us are really pursuing1:24 Where suffering actually comes from1:59 Ask yourself why you want it3:00 The business built to prove them wrong4:05 Why getting the goal doesn't end it5:29 What is actually happening right now8:13 Why managing it in your head backfires8:34 It's not what's happening around you10:50 You can never outrun yourself11:37 Why "I don't have time" is the block12:24 What this work really is⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

Why You're Not Getting Better From Fear, Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts (5 Hard Truths)If you have been struggling with fear, anxiety, panic, or intrusive thoughts for months or years, this episode is for you. Matt Codde, LCSW shares the top five reasons he has seen people stay stuck, drawing on 15 years of one-on-one work, group trainings, and his own recovery.This is not a feel-good episode. It is an honest one. You will hear why change is available to anyone, and why it will not happen by osmosis. Recovery starts when you take ownership of the loop you are in, without blaming yourself.If you are a family member or loved one, this episode will help you understand why progress can stall and what actually moves things forward.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Why "if nothing changes, nothing changes" applies to anxiety recovery✅How safety behaviors, reassurance, and avoidance keep the loop running✅Why the word "because" quietly hands your power away✅Why chasing the next technique can become another form of avoidance✅Why the mind cannot resolve what the mind created✅Why settling is the only true failure, and what to do instead✅The moment of discomfort that can begin setting you freeCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/start🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from Fear and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about00:57 The quote that sets the tone01:28 Reason 1: Unwillingness to change03:39 Reason 2: Displacing responsibility04:47 The "because" exercise (grab a paper)06:31 Reason 3: Focusing on the wrong things08:30 Reason 4: Letting the mind lead09:49 Reason 5: Giving up and settling13:09 "Do you want to heal?"14:29 What fear takes from you⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

Health Anxiety: How to Care for Your Body Without Living in FearIf you live with health anxiety, you are in a real conundrum. You want to be healthy and be there for your spouse, your kids, and your family. At the same time, living in fear is a stressor on the body itself.In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW, walks through the paradox of health anxiety. The more you try to control your health through checking, analyzing, and ruminating, the more you can end up in the very state that gets in the way of healing.He also shares a practical way to draw the line: get checked first, then stop working at it as a health problem and start working at it as a fear problem. Along the way he looks at the guilt that often sits underneath fear, and what he has seen happen in the body when that lower emotion is released.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why health anxiety is a paradox, not a logic problem✅Learn why chronic fear is a stressor on your body✅See why trying to control your health can work against it✅Learn when to get checked and when to switch lenses✅Understand why going back and forth between "health problem" and "anxiety problem" keeps you stuck✅See how guilt hides underneath fear✅Learn what Matt has observed when fear and guilt begin to releaseCheck our New App: restoredminds.com/start🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from Fear and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about: health anxiety and your body01:58 Step one: get checked by a doctor05:14 The paradox: controlling your health strains your health 06:01 Switch from a health problem to a fear problem06:41 The guilt hiding underneath health fear07:25 What happens when fear and guilt release ⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

OCD Recovery Awareness: Why Fear Isn't a Disease and Recovery Is PossibleIt's OCD Awareness Week, and Matt Codde, LCSW, wants to talk about something different: OCD recovery awareness. If you're living with OCD or anxiety, you already know you're experiencing it. The bigger question is what you believe about it, because what you believe sets the reality you can reach.In this episode, Matt breaks down what OCD actually is, why intrusive thoughts aren't the real issue, and how resisting thoughts and feelings builds the emotional pressure that drives compulsions. He also touches on the UCLA research on exposure and response prevention (ERP), why OCD themes keep shifting, and why recovery means recovering your peace, not just coping and managing.If you're a family member or loved one, this episode gives you clear language for what the fear loop is and what recovery can look like.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why OCD isn't about having thoughts, it's about emotionally charged thoughts✅Learn how resisting fear, guilt, and shame builds pressure and drives compulsions✅See why OCD themes shift from one fear to another✅Discover why Matt points to the UCLA ERP research as evidence the brain can change✅Understand the difference between coping and managing and recovering your peace✅Learn what taking ownership of the loop means, without self-blame✅See why your beliefs about OCD recovery shape what's possible🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about03:01 What OCD actually is (and isn't)04:19 Why resistance builds emotional pressure07:44 Why OCD themes keep shifting09:21 Taking ownership of the loop10:46 Why "manage and cope" isn't the ceilingDisclaimer⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

Mental Health Recovery Explained: How to Take Back Your Peace (Anxiety, OCD & Beyond)If you've been working hard on your anxiety or OCD and it still feels like you're chasing symptoms, this episode offers a completely different angle on recovery. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and OCD Awareness Week, I break down what mental health recovery actually is, and why how you frame it changes what you go after.Most of us were taught to find the racing thoughts, the anxiety, the heaviness, and get rid of them. But when you treat an inner disturbance as the problem, you're already resisting it, and what we resist persists. In this episode, I share why I see recovery as taking back your peace, and what actually blocks it.If you or someone you love is stuck in the fear loop, this will help you see where to focus, and why mind, emotions, body, and consciousness can't be separated.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health exist together✅Learn why treating symptoms as the enemy creates a compounding effect✅See why negative thoughts are a secondary effect of lower emotional states✅Discover what recovery means as taking back what is inherently yours✅Identify what blocks your peace: fear, guilt, belief systems, and identities✅Explore why compassion, forgiveness, and release matter more than forcing anything out✅Recognize why no single technique works out of context🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about01:21 Why mental, emotional, and spiritual health can't be separated03:11 Why fighting symptoms keeps you stuck04:44 Recovery means taking back your peace08:27 Release what blocks your peace, layer by layer10:27 Why quick fixes aren't recoveryDisclaimer⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

OCD Themes Are Just One Fear Loop: Why Chasing the Theme Keeps Anxiety Alive Take the FREE Assessment here: restoredminds.com/startIf you've been told your struggle is contamination OCD, harm OCD, relationship OCD, or a different type of anxiety altogether, this episode offers a different lens. Matt Codde, LCSW explains why the different OCD themes are really the same fear loop underneath.When we work at the theme, we end up indirectly feeding the loop. Fear stays in here, and the mind simply projects it onto something new. Matt walks through why intrusive thoughts and fear alone are not the disorder, and why resistance is what quietly amplifies them.If you're a family member trying to understand what your loved one is going through, this gives you a clearer picture of what's really happening. It also points toward peace, inner stillness, and freedom from fear itself.🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why every OCD theme runs on the same fear loop✅Learn how the mind projects fear onto an idea, and why that matters✅See why intrusive thoughts and fear alone are not the problem✅Discover how resistance perpetuates and amplifies intrusive thoughts✅Explore why themes keep shifting, from contamination to panic to agoraphobia✅Understand why Matt sees this as an angle problem, not a chronic condition✅Learn what it means to break the loop from the inside🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps00:00 What this episode is about: one fear loop, many themes01:06 Why the mind projects fear onto a theme01:43 Intrusive thoughts and fear are not the disorder03:58 Why a theme can't be the cause of fear05:29 Why OCD themes keep changing06:56 How to break the loop: stop resisting the feelingDisclaimer⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

Fear Isn't Protecting You From Suffering. Fear IS the Suffering.Most of us believe our lower emotions are doing us a favor. Guilt keeps us "good." Anger keeps us "safe" from getting hurt again. Fear keeps us "prepared" for whatever's coming. In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW, breaks down why that belief is the exact thing keeping you stuck, and why the emotion you're using to protect yourself is the very suffering you're trying to avoid.If you or someone you love struggles with OCD, anxiety, or the fear loop, this episode gets underneath the theme and into the mechanism itself: why the ego clings to lower states, what guilt is actually doing when you hold onto it, and what it really takes to let something go instead of just saying you have.This isn't a coping-skills episode. It's an invitation to see the trade you've been making, and to consider that you can live without it.Take the FREE Assessment here: restoredminds.com/start🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why the ego holds onto guilt, anger, and fear in the name of survival✅See why fear convinces you it's protecting you, when it's the suffering itself✅ Learn what guilt is actually doing underneath the surface (and why it isn't as noble as it feels)✅ Understand why anger you hold onto works on the body like a slow-burning cancer✅ See the difference between actually letting go and posting about letting go✅ Learn how the sympathetic nervous system explains all of this, even without the consciousness language✅ Understand the one honest question that reveals whether staying in these states has ever actually served you 🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps• 00:00 What this episode is about: fear as the suffering itself• 01:04 Why the ego clings to lower emotions• 02:34 The hidden payoff behind guilt, anger, and fear• 04:11 Guilt: the narcissism hiding inside self-blame•06:54 Fear: the suffering that pretends to protect you• 09:45 Letting go for real, not just saying itDisclaimer⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.

The Real Reason You Can't Think Your Way Out of Anxiety and Intrusive ThoughtsMatt Codde, LCSW, founder of Restored Minds, breaks down one of the biggest traps in anxiety and OCD recovery: trying to use the mind to fix the mind. If you've ever tried to think, analyze, or reason your way out of a fear loop and found it just makes the racing thoughts worse, this episode explains exactly why.Matt walks through why the mind can't solve a problem it's the source of, why visualizing "getting better one day" quietly lets you off the hook from actually changing, and why real healing happens by stepping into consciousness rather than deeper into the mind. This is the foundation of Restored Minds' consciousness-based approach to anxiety, OCD, and intrusive thought recoveryTake the FREE Assessment here: restoredminds.com/start🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode✅Understand why using the mind to solve the mind creates more chaos, not less✅ Learn why visualizing a "healed future you" can actually stall your progress✅ See why thought-replacement strategies often fail to create lasting change✅ Understand the difference between coping with fear and transcending it✅ Learn what it means to become the witness of your thoughts instead of the thinker fighting them✅ See why becoming conscious of a wound does more than analyzing it ever will 🚀 Resources to Help You Heal:📥 FREE Recovery GuideStart your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance.👉 Download now: https://www.restoredminds.com/start📖 Get a Copy of Our Book: From Stuck to UnstuckLearn practical strategies to overcome fear and reclaim your life.👉 Buy now: https://a.co/d/1WEvonT📘 Taking Back Control (TBC) ProgramLearn how to apply these principles daily and dissolve anxiety at the root.👉 Apply Now: https://www.restoredminds.com/tbc🎧 Subscribe & Connect for More Support:✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly episodes, tools, and coaching content.👉 https://www.youtube.com/restoredminds✅ Leave a Review on your favorite platform to help others discover this life-changing content:👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3NJI2zD👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/46AiT30✅ Ask a Question for a future episode:👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/assessments/2147654461✅ Download the Book – From Stuck to Unstuck👉 https://www.restoredminds.com/bookFollow Matt Codde, LCSW on Social Media:🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattcodde.restoredminds/🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/restoredminds/🔹 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcodde.restoredminds📸 If this episode helped you, share it on Instagram Stories and tag us!⏱️ Timestamps• 00:00 What This Episode Is About• 00:49 New Restored Minds App Now Available• 02:21 The Mistake Everyone Makes: Fixing the Mind With the Mind• 03:20 How Your Mind Secretly Sabotages Your Healing• 06:44 Consciousness-Based Healing Explained• 09:09 The Real Turning Point: Being Done With FearDisclaimer⚠️This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a licensed professional for personalized support.