I'm sure we've all seen those pictures on Facebook about trust issues. You know, the ones like where the friend switches M&Ms for Skittles with a caption that says "why I have trust issues." Well, in all reality, some people find this to be offensive. That's also another thing that gets made fun of a lot, but believe me when I say it really hurts to be poked and prodded about your trust issues.

I often like to relate the idea of trust issues to a more common example of what I'm talking about. Think about depression. We all know it hurts, but we can't actually see it—it's a hidden disease. Trust issues are extremely similar to depression in the fact that you never really know how much it's affecting someone. I, for one, have some serious trust issues, but it is not always clear to everyone else that I am struggling with these problems.

The truth about trust issues isn't plain or simple. When you have trust issues, you still go out with friends and have a great time. But, you go home and the instant you walk in the door you think to yourself, "Did my friends really have fun? Maybe they just said they did because they feel bad for me or something," or something to that effect. We often hear these kinds of remarks and think that these people are wallowing in self-pity, but these kinds of feelings are truly a force to be reckoned with.

You wake up every morning wondering if that will be the day that the love of your life leaves you. You wonder if your friends that you see and talk to everyday are only pretending to be your friend. When you make fun of somebody for having trust issues, you are only adding to the problem. There is no better way to fix this problem other than to reassure the person time and time again that you do want to be there; that they are a meaningful person in your life.

That you do love them.

If you can prove these things to somebody, you're definitely someone they deserve to have. If you can show these things and make them truly believe it... well, you should be around them your whole life, because those people are hard to come by.