🔍 Mental Compulsions: What They Are & How to Stop Them | OCD, Anxiety & Recovery

Mental compulsions can keep you trapped in an endless loop of anxiety and OCD without even realizing it. In this episode, we break down what mental compulsions are, how they develop, and why they make anxiety worse. Learn how body sensations and emotions trigger these hidden habits, leading to mental avoidance and emotional suppression.

🚨 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ The link between mental compulsions, OCD, anxiety, and panic attacks

✔️ How unconscious avoidance fuels the cycle of anxiety

✔️ Common types of mental compulsions and their hidden effects

✔️ Strategies to increase awareness and break free from compulsive thinking

If you're struggling with intrusive thoughts, OCD, or anxiety, this episode is for you. Watch now and take the first step toward recovery!

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🚀 Why People Struggle with ERP (Exposure & Response Prevention) - How to Make It Work

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a proven method for treating OCD, anxiety, and stress, yet many people find it difficult to implement effectively. In this episode of Restored Minds, Matt explores the key struggles with ERP and how to make it work for lasting recovery.

🔎 In this episode, you'll discover:

✔️ How fear projection impacts ERP (and why external triggers aren’t the full picture)

✔️ The biggest misconceptions about exposure therapy and what truly matters

✔️ Why focusing only on stopping compulsions may not be enough for real change

✔️ How mental compulsions secretly sabotage ERP progress

✔️ The crucial role of emotions in healing and achieving long-term success

If you’ve been struggling with ERP or feel stuck in your recovery, this episode will help you understand the deeper layers of exposure therapy and how to move forward.

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🔄 How Resistance to Recovery Blocks Healing (and What to Do About It)

Are you unknowingly blocking your own healing? Resistance to recovery can trap you in cycles of emotional pain, anxiety, and stress—without you even realizing it. In this episode, we break down why resistance happens and how to let go for true healing.

🚨 In this episode, you'll discover:

✔️ How resistance prevents emotional and physical healing

✔️ Why stored emotions impact your well-being and intuitive body functions

✔️ The healing principle and how recovery happens naturally

✔️ How resisting emotions creates suffering (and what to do instead)

✔️ The key to authentically experiencing emotions for personal transformation

✔️ Practical strategies to release emotional blockages and unlock true healing

If you've ever felt stuck in anxiety, fear, or past trauma, this episode will help you understand resistance and take steps toward lasting recovery.

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Discover the transformative power of saying "eff it" and liberate yourself from the prison of fear. Join Matt as he delves into the benefits of surrendering to fear and reclaiming control over your life. In this episode, Matt explores understanding fear from both content and energetic levels, the concept of "double suffering," and how to avoid it. He shares his personal experience with overcoming fear through surrender, discusses how detaching from fearful outcomes can lead to liberation, and emphasizes the role of courage in breaking free from fear's hold on your life.

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