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7 Disadvantages Of Having Trust Issues

You can't trust everybody.

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Everyone develops trust issues at some point in their life. But some people are fortunate to outgrow their trust issues, while people's trust issues are embedded into them. There have been people that have been so beat up by life that it leaves them unable to trust either very few people or no one at all. Having trust issues leaves you at many disadvantages because it can be very lonely when you have no one to trust or depend on. Here are seven disadvantages to having trust issues:

1. Even when people are being genuine to you, you think they are lying to you.

When you look at people, you think they're lying. When you over-analyze their voice or their gestures, you think they are lying. Someone can give you the most open and honest answer, but because you were done wrong by a liar, you cannot trust a word anyone says. You become skeptical of everyone's actions to the point that you believe that the only person you trust is yourself.

2. You are unable to have a healthy relationship.

Trust issues ultimately hinders a relationship in various ways. If a person has trust issues, they tend to get jealous when their significant other is around people or mentions people. They want to know where their significant other is at all times and they become obsessive over their significant other's activities. Even if the significant other is not cheating, they still think they could be cheating based off of their prior experiences. A relationship is built on trust, but if you cannot give it, then your relationship cannot progress.

3. You check your significant other's phone in order to check their activity.

If you trust your significant other, then you should give them the courtesy to have their own privacy. Some couples find comfort in knowing each other's passwords and going through each other's phones, but others find it as a way to monitor what their significant other is doing. Whatever in the phone looks the slightest bit like cheating, will be blown out of proportion.

4. You question your friendships.

When you have trust issues, sometimes it is hard to differentiate the real friends from the fake friends. Sometimes you do not trust your friend to be around your significant other. Also, when you share information with your friends, you often ask yourself are they going to tell others or can they be trusted to keep my secret. Trust is not built overnight, but you should be aware that not everyone is out to get you, especially friends with good intentions.

5. Your anger is at a all time high.

When you have trust issues, you tend to be angry due to not knowing who to trust. People have lied to you and have treated you like your feelings do not matter. Not knowing who to trust does not just cause anger, it also causes vulnerability, which is scary.

6. You are paranoid.

When you have trust issues, you feel as if even a whisper in front of your face is deceit. You are automatically thinking the worst without knowing all the information. Plus, you sometimes wonder why people know certain information about you that you have never told them and now they have an assumption of you. Your mind starts racing to figure out how they know something about you that was confidential and you ultimately lose trust in the person that betrayed you.

7. You have a hard time letting people in.

Letting people in to see the real you can be a challenge when you are trying to form friendships and a relationship. You want to share your true feelings and thoughts, but you are afraid someone will hurt you after you let your wall down. Being hurt by someone in the past causes a person to be hesitant about sharing about themselves, but no one should ever penalize a person for the mistakes another person has made with you. Build trust with a person slow. They should earn it instead of receiving it from the very beginning.

When a person has trust issues, they are able to not be naive to people that are trying to hurt them, but they have the possibly of losing out on people that will care about their wellbeing and want to build a connection with them. People with trust issues need to be exposed to kind-hearted and loyal people that can teach them how to trust again.

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