Unlearned Wisdom by Johnny Chang

Isolation Could Cost You Your Life... | #004


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Isolation isn’t just about being alone — it’s a battle in the mind and spirit. Minister Johnny Chang shares how prison, pain, and silence nearly broke him, and what it took to find healing. If you’ve ever felt distant from God or trapped in your thoughts, this episode is for you.

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Timestamps:0:00 - Intro

0:31 – Christian “rizz”

2:30 – Johnny Chang shares the spiritual side of isolation

4:56 – Silent tears in prison after grandfather’s death

6:02 – Johnny Chang on how prison yards are structured

7:25 – Emotional vulnerability in prison — can you open up to homies?

8:30 – Locked up mentally before prison

9:08 – Johnny Chang’s loneliest moments: nights alone in thought

10:20 – When numbness and depression take over

11:18 – Two types of inmates: handling emotional pain

13:15 – Johnny Chang isolates and works out obsessively

16:27 – Is self-isolation for growth healthy or harmful?

21:50 – Did Johnny Chang turn to motivational content?

22:55 – Johnny Chang on suicide attempts

26:00 – Pastor Kim helps Johnny Chang find community

27:30 – “You’re not thinking — you’re listening to Satan”

30:00 – Feeling empty while trying to live right

33:00 – How should believers avoid isolation?

34:35 – Johnny Chang meets a pastor from a rival gang

36:21 – Advice for someone deeply isolated

39:57 – Why sermons matter in spiritual warfare

42:20 – Do what you don’t want to — it grows you

46:00 – Calm a racing mind — drip feed strategy

49:05 – Johnny Chang on Satan’s constant influence

50:10 – Signs of healthy vs toxic community

53:00 – Constructive vs destructive criticism

56:53 – Tempted to go back to the old life?

58:48 – Breaking mental & spiritual isolation

1:06:20 – Q&A starts

1:06:55 – Alone for long periods — how to handle it

1:08:00 – Helping a friend who isolates

1:10:00 – Stopping Satan’s isolating thoughts

1:10:20 – Following vs questioning your thoughts

1:15:00 – Is it okay to go to God first before people?

1:18:30 – Isolation and anger at a toxic workplace

1:24:00 – When someone uses your past to shame you


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