I think the difference is that you can remember a time in your life where you did trust people, or was able to build up trust. It's difficult for me to remember being able to trust people/get close to them. I'm not saying I want to blindly trust people, I just want it to be possible for someone to prove themselves trustworthy.


I want to agree with you...but I had a best friend that I trusted for years and years to open up to and that was eventually betrayed. We're still friends, but I can't talk to her about anything serious or deep.

Maybe we should just accept that we're going to get betrayed at some point and trust that we will be betrayed? I don't know.


I don't know if I can follow my gut...because if I do, that means almost everyone I meet is a horrible person hell bent on hurting me physically and/or emotionally? So, I guess I don't know when to follow my gut and when not to...

For the wait 3-6 months to see if someone uses information against you...what if they're just waiting for you to lower your guard so they can use that information against you? How would I know? I can't really read people...their emotions, their intentions...like I can't read or even notice body language.

So when I approach people, it feels like I'm walking into a random dark room...there may be no one there or there may be someone with a gun. I don't know and I have no information to guess.