Why Stopping Reassurance Seeking Alone Won't Cure OCD

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

Opublikowano: 2026-06-23

If you have OCD or anxiety and you can't stop seeking reassurance, you are not alone and you are not broken. Whether it's Googling, calling loved ones, or mentally reviewing events over and over, reassurance seeking feels necessary in the moment. But it keeps you stuck. In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW explains exactly why reassurance seeking is so hard to stop, and what you actually need to do instead. The problem is not willpower. The mistake most people make is trying to stop the behavior without addressing the inner emotional pressure that is driving it. When...