Why Your OCD Isn't Getting Better: 5 Hidden Mental Compulsions Sabotaging Your Recovery

Podcast: The Restored Minds Podcast with Matt Codde · Matthew Codde LCSW

Opublikowano: 2026-04-30

Most people with OCD focus on the visible rituals — washing, checking, or avoiding. But the compulsions that most often keep the loop alive are invisible: they happen entirely inside your head. In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW, breaks down the five mental compulsions that he sees most often in his work with OCD and anxiety clients — behaviors like rumination, mental checking, mental reviewing, mental reassurance, and mental neutralization. If you've ever wondered why your OCD isn't getting better even though you've cut back on physical rituals, this episode is for you. Matt explains that 80–90% of most people's compul...