This Week in The Feel Better Letter 👇
✅ Scrupulosity isn’t about faith — it’s about fear disguising itself as faith.
✅ Fear only survives when you feed it… and it gives nothing back in return.
✅ The “fruit” of an experience reveals its source — and scrupulosity never produces peace, love, or connection.
✅ New episodes: The Decision That Ended My OCD & Anxiety (Not What You Think) and Why Scrupulosity Isn’t About Faith (And Why Treating It That Way Keeps You Stuck)
✅ Live workshop: Live Scrupulosity Workshop Next Week — details below.
Matt's Message of the Week
Something I Never Understood About Scrupulosity
Scrupulosity isn’t a faith problem.
While stuck in the loop, I was constantly tormented by thoughts like:
What if I sinned? What if I got possessed? Am I doing something wrong by not praying? Did I lose focus while reading Scripture? Did I pray the “right” way?
Anyone who’s been in this cycle knows how endless it becomes.
Looking back, I noticed something painful but true:
I wasn’t losing years to fear — I was giving years to fear.
Fear only survives if you feed it, and scrupulosity consumes everything while giving nothing in return.
What finally shifted things was recognizing that the fruit of scrupulosity — panic, dread, guilt, exhaustion, torment — looked nothing like the fruit associated with connection to God (love, peace, joy, stillness).
If the experience produces fear, chaos, and suffering, it’s not coming from God.
It’s coming from fear.
Scrupulosity isn’t a faith problem.
It’s a fear problem.
You project fear onto God and then look at God through the lens of fear — and everything becomes distorted.
Recovery begins when you stop feeding the fear, stop projecting it outward, and finally turn toward what’s happening inside you.
(Click below to listen to the full message.)
Live Workshop with Matt on Scrupulosity
Matt is hosting a special live workshop next week on The Hidden Cost of
Treating Fear as Faith
If you're struggling with scrupulosity — constant doubt, mental checking, fear of displeasing God, or feeling trapped in religious or moral anxiety — this workshop is for you.
In This Workshop, You’ll Learn:
✔️ Why scrupulosity has nothing to do with weak faith or “doing it wrong”
✔️ What actually keeps religious and moral anxiety stuck in a loop
✔️ Why fear gets worse the more you pray or seek reassurance
✔️ The mindset and response shifts needed to break the scrupulosity cycle
✔️ How nervous system regulation fits into recovery
Matt will also teach live and answer questions directly.
👉 Register here: https://www.restoredminds.com/reg-live-workshop-feb-2026
(You’ll receive the workshop link and reminders by email.)
Helpful Episodes for the Week
The Decision That Ended My OCD & Anxiety (Not What You Think)
In this episode, I share the moment where everything shifted for me — the point where once I did this, I healed. Not overnight. Not magically. But permanently.
👉 [Watch Episode]
Why Scrupulosity Isn’t About Faith (And Why Treating It That Way Keeps You Stuck)
In this episode, Matt explains why scrupulosity isn’t about faith, belief, or not trying hard enough — and how fear hijacks religious themes and projects onto God, salvation, and belief systems.
👉 [Watch Episode]
OCD & Anxiety Recovery Happens in the Present Moment
Recovery from OCD and anxiety isn’t about the future—it happens now. Learn how shifting your perception and energy state can help you break free from the anxiety loop.
👉 [Watch Episode]
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đź“– The Book: From Stuck to Unstuck
Learn the Triple-A Response™ and discover a clear, proven path for stepping out of the fear loop and reclaiming your life.
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🗣️ Work 1-on-1 with Matt
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This Week’s Reminder
You don’t break the scrupulosity loop by arguing with fear.
You break it by refusing to feed it — and reconnecting with what’s actually true.
To your freedom and success,
Matt
