My therapist asked me this today, and I couldn't really describe it, or define it. He pointed out that people who have never really experienced something in their lives have real trouble describing it. For example if you asked a poet to describe love but they had never experienced what it is to love and be loved...no matter how hard they try they would not be able to describe love.

He was inferring that I had never experienced being able to trust someone.........and it sent me into quite a spin, because I guess it is true. Lots of emotion surfaced that I had to shut down, and instead I felt anger, and then started to dissociate. This is something that is a major issue for me.......

I'd really appreciate hearing what trust means to you, how would you describe it, what it looks like for you when you know you can trust someone and when there is trust there in return?

Thanks for this....because I really am feeling lost with this.....