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Default Nov 10, 2019 at 06:26 AM
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Do you find it hard to build trust? Because to be honest, I do. It doesn't matter how friendly or approaching a person is, I just find it difficult to earn their trust. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I have a hard time building trust, and sometimes I am too trusting (even though inside I don't trust). It's weird.

I think building trust has a lot to do with boundaries. Too loose of boundaries and you trust everyone (e.g., you say yes when you don't want to, and you may still not trust, but you act like you trust), and too rigid of boundaries and you trust no one (e.g., isolating yourself from friends, other relationships, etc.). There are times when it is okay to have loose or rigid boundaries, but on the whole, "flexible" boundaries (somewhere in between loose and rigid) is ideal.

Setting boundaries and finding safety in your voice and your boundaries is a good starting place. You can find tips online, through a google search, or from a therapist. Additional treatments by a therapist might also help with trust issues.

Learning about trust and boundaries is very different from actually being able to do it. It's a challenging road, but doable.

I don't have the good answers for this, but others on PC may. I hope this helps a little. Good post!
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Thank you very much. That's a pretty good answer you have there!
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Default Nov 19, 2019 at 08:47 AM
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Sadly, the only people I trust IRL are my daughter, my dad, and 2 friends I've known forever. I've been burned too many times by trusting rotten people.

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I have a hard time building trust, and sometimes I am too trusting (even though inside I don't trust). It's weird.

I think building trust has a lot to do with boundaries. Too loose of boundaries and you trust everyone (e.g., you say yes when you don't want to, and you may still not trust, but you act like you trust), and too rigid of boundaries and you trust no one (e.g., isolating yourself from friends, other relationships, etc.). There are times when it is okay to have loose or rigid boundaries, but on the whole, "flexible" boundaries (somewhere in between loose and rigid) is ideal.

Setting boundaries and finding safety in your voice and your boundaries is a good starting place. You can find tips online, through a google search, or from a therapist. Additional treatments by a therapist might also help with trust issues.

Learning about trust and boundaries is very different from actually being able to do it. It's a challenging road, but doable.

I don't have the good answers for this, but others on PC may. I hope this helps a little. Good post!
Good post.

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Do you find it hard to build trust? Because to be honest, I do. It doesn't matter how friendly or approaching a person is, I just find it difficult to earn their trust. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Additional suggestions?

I too find it hard (but not impossible) to build trust with people.

My parental units and ''family'' of origin - not trustworthy


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Default Nov 23, 2019 at 10:36 AM
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I just find it difficult to earn their trust.
Earning anyone's trust means following through on what you say you will do.

Being responsible with tasks given to you.

Being responsible with your own life. People observe ACTIONS & determine if they correlate with a persons words.

A person who is making a mess of their own life is definitely not someone I would trust with opinions about mine.

Building trust in the first place is easier than trying to rebuild it after it has been lost.

Honestly, some people have been so hurt that they never will trust no matter how hard we try to prove we deserve to be trusted.....but that works both ways.

My now EX-H was so financially irresponsible that I could never trust him to responsibly handle anything.....exactly why he is my EX & I would NEVER trust him again. Would I ever trust anyone enough to get married again.....highly doubtful as they would have to PROVE themselves beyond a shadow of a doubt in my mind & not JUST with my own assumptions of what I want to see in them.

Do I trust people.....YES!!!!, those who have proven they can be trusted, those who have provided quality advice, those who have done what they SAY they will do.

What builds trust in me for others is exactly what I need to do to build their trust in me.....BUT I also have to be aware of those who will never trust me or maybe anyone. Ask myself if trust ever existed, what did I do to lose their trust & analyze that situation. Maybe what I did was right & they were trusting me to do something wrong. In which case, would you really want that kind of trust? Every trust situation needs to be analyzed on its own merit.

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^ Some good points in the above post

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Sometimes I think the root of my issue is I no longer trust myself to make the right decisions etc.
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Sometimes I think the root of my issue is I no longer trust myself to make the right decisions etc.
That can be rebuilt too....I found that using "Wise mind" & "mindfulness" techniques, I was able to rebuild trust in myself

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Thanks Eskie, I don't know how those techniques work.

At the moment I am in such a place that I am doubting I am fixable.
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Additional suggestions?


I too find it hard (but not impossible) to build trust with people.


My parental units and ''family'' of origin - not trustworthy




Mine are not trustworthy either. I have no family.
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Sometimes I think the root of my issue is I no longer trust myself to make the right decisions etc.


Yes. I have been feeling this lately too.
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Thanks Eskie, I don't know how those techniques work.

At the moment I am in such a place that I am doubting I am fixable.
I was at that place for over 13 years. A change of environment (left a bad 33 year marriage) & I found a wonderful psychologist in my new home town & several years of intense DBT therapy & life started making sense after almost 60 years. Those last 13 years before that I was so broken I was sure that being fixed was impossible & tried to give up permanently many times during those years. There is HOPE.

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I don't trust anyone despite how friendly they are. I've learned that appearances can be very deceiving.

I am STILL stuck in a pattern of shame and conformity of emotional deference with literally everyone I come into contact with. Thanks to my parents' codependency and passive-aggressive personalities.

I think that's what caused my sister and brother to become gaslighters as a defense mechanism. My defense mechanism is to shut down and defer to everyone else and obliterate myself so I won't get punished. A.k.a. "anxiety disorder."

I "defer" to everyone else so that I can "hide" my true feelings and beliefs, to protect myself. Not a functional way to live, is it? Nope. But, I'm nearly 50 and if I can't fix this way to relate to the world, I'll never experience new opportunities, new relationships, new experiences. I don't view it as a mental illness -- is anxiety a mental illness I don't know.
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I don't trust anyone despite how friendly they are. I've learned that appearances can be very deceiving.
The thing is that maybe you learned the WRONG things to base trust on. It has nothing to do with friendliness or looks. It has EVERYTHING to do with someone saying they will do something & follow through with what they say. It is about actions between 2 people, not just how someone comes across initially.

Trust is EARNED & that takes a lot of time to observe patterns of behavior that prove trust is OK. Any other way of gaining trust for someone leaves one vulnerable to being hurt badly.

I laugh at people who say "trust me" first off. I always say "prove why I should" sometimes they do, most times those kind don't. It does take a level of self-confidence to stand up to those who try to push us into trusting them first off.

Over the years I have also learned that when people say something that doesn't make sense to me, that is usually my red flag for a lie or a cover-co & they NEVER earn my trust.

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The thing is that maybe you learned the WRONG things to base trust on. It has nothing to do with friendliness or looks. It has EVERYTHING to do with someone saying they will do something & follow through with what they say. It is about actions between 2 people, not just how someone comes across initially.

Trust is EARNED & that takes a lot of time to observe patterns of behavior that prove trust is OK. Any other way of gaining trust for someone leaves one vulnerable to being hurt badly.

I laugh at people who say "trust me" first off. I always say "prove why I should" sometimes they do, most times those kind don't. It does take a level of self-confidence to stand up to those who try to push us into trusting them first off.

Over the years I have also learned that when people say something that doesn't make sense to me, that is usually my red flag for a lie or a cover-co & they NEVER earn my trust.

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It's darn near impossible for me anymore.....

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Most if not all abusive toxic people look for niave, innocent, young or vulnerable individuals who tend to be too trusting to attach themselves to. They know what to look for, they are predators who are very skilled at manipulating.
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