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EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 20 MIN

251: Why He Goes Quiet When She Brings Up the Past — And What Actually Helps

from Couples Healing From Pornography Addiction · host Sam Tielemans, LMFT

Want help uncovering the real reasons behind your urges and build a plan to overcome your pornography use? Click here to book a free call with Sam to get help to overcome pornography – https://stopporn.info/    Have questions you want me to address on future podcast episodes? Email me here:  [email protected]   Episode show notes: She brings it up. He goes quiet. She ends up more alone than before she said anything — and she's starting to wonder if she should stop bringing it up at all. If that's where you are, this episode is for you. Both of you. What looks like him not caring is almost always something else entirely — a shame wound that fires so fast he loses his footing before he can respond. And what looks like her being too intense is often just pain that's been waiting a long time to be heard. The cycle covers her real hurt before it ever gets a chance to reach him. And that's what keeps both of them stuck. This episode walks through what's actually happening on both sides, why her pain deserves to be fully seen, and what both of you can do — starting now — to break the pattern.

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