He tries to

Joy: yeah i had that, now i have this big ass scar because of it.

Joy has a harshful personality towards alphas, it could get him hurt. jason often helps using his inner command voice to keep him at bay, but now he only listens to jason and not other alphas. his ex alpha was the reason his face ended like that.

Joy: with this big ass scar and half blind? yeah sure.

Jason: he finished 3 ice cream bottles by himself the day he was dumped. it didn’t help.

he promised himself not to have one until his little brother was happy again

it afected joy more

it’s too big

it is

in that timeline at least