{"podcast":{"title":"Breaking Free from OCD, Anxiety & Stress with Matt Codde","slug":"breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100","podcast_index_feed_id":1194100,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef0923c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.restoredminds.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2406471/2406471-1744361311983-79e1f5d38f99e.jpg","author":"Matthew Codde LCSW","episode_count":538,"summary":"The Breaking Free from OCD, Anxiety & Stress Podcast is hosted by Matt Codde. Visit www.restoredminds.com/about to know more about Matt! In this podcast, you’re going to learn practical steps on the journey to recovery. In each episode, we will discuss common challenges and provide you with evidence-based strategies to help you overcome them. At Restored Minds, we believe that recovery is possible for everyone and it's our mission to give you the tools to help you build better mental health so you can become the best version of yourself.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T10:20:57.350764+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100"},"episode":{"title":"Why OCD Keeps You Stuck: Victim Consciousness Explained","slug":"why-ocd-keeps-you-stuck-victim-consciousness-explained","published_at":"2026-06-30T22:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100/why-ocd-keeps-you-stuck-victim-consciousness-explained","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/restoredminds/episodes/Why-OCD-Keeps-You-Stuck-Victim-Consciousness-Explained-e3lg0ph","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef0923c/podcast/play/122208497/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-30%2F427116754-44100-2-86624a28ff584.mp3","summary":"Stop waiting for OCD and anxiety to change before you do — here's why the shift has to come from within first. If you've been stuck in the loop of OCD or anxiety for a long time, there's a good chance something deeper is keeping you there: victim consciousness. In this episode, Matt Codde, LCSW breaks down why seeing yourself as a victim to OCD, anxiety, or fear keeps you perpetuating the very state you want to escape. Real recovery isn't about finding the right technique or waiting for symptoms to disappear. It's about a fundamental shift in how you see yourself and your role in your own healing. Whether you've been struggling for months or years, this episode will challenge you to look honestly at the paradigm you're operating from and explain why consciousness, not circumstance, is where lasting change begins. Matt draws from real-world examples and his own personal experience to walk you through what it actually means to move from victim to someone actively claiming their own recovery. 🧭 What You’ll Learn in This Episode ✅ Understand what victim consciousness is and how it silently perpetuates OCD and anxiety ✅ Learn why waiting for external circumstances to change keeps you stuck in fear ✅ See why OCD recovery is not a linear process and how to stop approaching it that way ✅ Understand how your current state of consciousness creates your emotional reality ✅ Learn the internal shift required to stop sustaining a fearful state of being ✅ See why resistance to emotion is what keeps you stuck, not the emotion itself ✅ Understand how taking radical ownership unlocks a completely different experience of life 🚀 Resources to Help You Heal: 📥 FREE Recovery Guide Start your journey to freedom from OCD and anxiety with expert tools and step-by-step guidance. 👉 Download now:…","meta_description":"Stop waiting for OCD and anxiety to change before you do — here's why the shift has to come from within first. If you've been stuck in the loop of OCD or…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100/episodes/why-ocd-keeps-you-stuck-victim-consciousness-explained/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-ocd-anxiety-stress-with-matt-codde-1194100/why-ocd-keeps-you-stuck-victim-consciousness-explained.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}