I have that photograph of Christmas. That kid saw so many possibilities. I think he would’ve looked at me and said: wait, you’re 38 years older than me and you’re still doing the same stuff I’m doing? That sucks.”
This might be the most heartbreaking conversation we’ve ever recorded. Jay looks back at 11 moments when his heart hardened – and the younger version of himself that got left behind.
What you’ll discover:
• The progression: soft → hard → soft → really hard (how hearts harden and soften over years)
• “I had to shut myself down to what lying was doing to her” (the only way to keep lying)
• When spiritual language disguises emotional death (“I’m at peace” but couldn’t define peace)
• The situations that should have broken him but didn’t (grandfather’s death, divorce, losing his career)
• “He had sufficiently shut me up” (how addicts train themselves to stop reacting to pain)
• Why his internal world became “really tiny” (addiction closes you down to just the screen)
• Narcotics Anonymous Step 3: “We no longer have a conscience” (aggressively pursuing what we want)
• The younger self question that gutted him (what would that hopeful kid think?)
For partners: This explains why he seems emotionally flat, why your pain doesn’t register, why spiritual words feel hollow. You’re watching someone whose heart has hardened layer by layer.
For addicts: Can you see it happening? The pattern of harden → soften → harden deeper? The moments you chose impulse over conscience? The kid you used to be is still in there.
Plus: The difference between acceptance and resignation (one has peace, the other has anger and self-pity).
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro: Powerful clips (younger self, shut her up, no conscience)
01:23 Can you see your heart hardening over the years?
02:41 Did your heart harden spiritually, not just toward me?
03:22 What led you back to porn after 6 months sober in college?
04:51 Beyond anxiety – what other feelings drove you back?
05:09 When did your emotional responses become muted or automatic?
05:45 “I should be feeling something right now, but I don’t”
07:43 Did you interpret numbness as maturity or strength?
08:11 How did you train yourself to stop reacting to my pain?
09:39 What situations should have broken you but didn’t?
10:45 Did spiritual language disguise your emotional hardening?
12:32 Did your internal world feel smaller and flatter over time?
13:11 When God told you to stop, you consciously chose your own way
15:48 What would your younger self think of who you became?
17:26 Question for viewers: Have you watched someone grow cold?
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Who is This Channel For?
If porn addiction has you stuck–whether you want freedom as an addict, or you want the pain to stop as a betrayed spouse, or you need trust rebuilt in your relationship–this podcast can help. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay’s porn addiction, but we found ways to make life and marriage much better than before. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we’re using those best practices to help you find the peace, joy and love you’re seeking.
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