Episode 283: "I Will Never Be Hurt Again": How Jesus' Sacred Heart Breaks the Cycle
Being Human
A hardened heart isn't where the story starts. It's what's left after a child trusted, got hurt, and concluded: I'll never be in that position again. This week, Dr. Greg turns the antisocial series toward hope: looking at how that hardness forms, and how the Sacred Heart of Jesus, betrayed and pierced yet still open, breaks the pattern. Key Topics: * Why a hardened heart is never cold by nature—it's protection learned the first time trusting backfired * Why the urge to control everyone around you is really an old strategy for never being at anyone's mercy again * How "making up for it" can quietly become a way to avoid facing the wound underneath * Why Jesus didn't heal the hardened heart from a safe distance—He walked straight into betrayal and stayed open * What it means that control isn't the enemy; where you aim it is what changes everything * Why healing means loving even the parts of you that sin, not just the parts that behave * Why you can't will yourself into trust overnight—and why that slowness reflects your dignity, not your failure Learn More: * Earlier in this series on the Antisocial Defense Patterns: * Antisocial Part 1 — Ep. #281: Control or Be Controlled: The Devastating Wounds Behind Antisocial Behavioral Patterns * Antisocial Part 2 — Ep. #282: You're (Probably) Not a Serial Killer—But You May Share Some of Their Antisocial Traits * The Litany for Mental Health Dr. Greg references: A Litany for Mental Health * The original Sacred Heart revelations: The Autobiography of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque * Start of the Being Human series on the Histrionic Defense Patterns: * Ep. #274: To Be Loved Is to Perform: Inside the Histrionic Compulsion for Attention and Validation * Start of the Being Human series on the Borderline Defense Patterns: * Ep. #269: BORDERLINE: The Push-Pull Between a Fear of Abandonment and Annihilation * Start of the Being Human series on the Dependent Defense Patterns: * Ep. #265: Jerry Maguire, Gollum, and the Fear of Not Existing * Start of the Being Human series on the Narcissistic Defense Patterns: * Ep. #261: Narcissism and the Terror of Being Ordinary * Need help? Schedule a free CatholicPsych consultation * Want to help? Learn more about our Certification in Professional Accompaniment Follow Us on Socials: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter (X) | LinkedIn