-Trust 3-
One of the biggest reasons why we don't trust others is the fact that someone in our lives betrayed our trust and we cannot convince ourselves that we can trust again. That someone is usually someone we care or love about so, the moment we discovered the person betrayed our trust, we lose faith in everyone else as we cannot even trust those we thought was reliable.
We might have some secrets we entrust with our best friends. We consider these people as our best friends because we believe they are different from everyone else we encounter in life. If we learned about one of our best friends sharing our secrets with others and, as a result, caused us embarrassment at school, we refuse to share with anyone and we bottle everything, whether good or bad, within us.
Since that day, we refuse to open up again. How do we know the next person we meet won't do the same and share our inner secrets with others? How do we know other people aren't worse given the sort of world we see on the news? Because one single person betrayed our trust, we can no longer trust anyone and many people are harmed in the process. The biggest victim in this mess is us.
Without trust, we walk a lonely path with a lot of negativity bottling within us. The pain becomes unbearable but we refuse to believe that there's even a remote chance of someone out there who can help carry the burden for us. Either the demons from within overwhelm us and push us over the edge or we carry on with the pain and suffering until we reach the end of our path. Neither options seems too alluring for anyone.