Recovery and Inability to Trust

[erehbus]

I feel that one of the most difficult thing on my recovery has been my inbality to trust, and as such connect, with anyone. Even when I can convince myself out of all the other bad thoughts, out of hating myself absolutely, out of thinking myself as useless, in the end I can't feel any true connection with anyone, believe they like me or support me because I feel like I am no longer able to trust people... I even feel that the antecipation of the betrayal is what hurts me nowadays, because I know the betrayal will happen.

What about you guys? Do you feel anything similar?

 

[Mr2005]

I have my reservations sure but I generally trust my intuition

 

[clownangel]

Oh god, yeah. My trust is pretty shot when it shouldn't be, & then I'm blind to obvious red flags at other times. (Trusting that anyone has decent intentions re:me is pretty impossible in the first place, though - annoying as hell.)

 

[Sweet emotion]

I've trusted too many people in the past. Doctors, friends, family. And I've had that trust broken. There is one person in the world who I trust completely. And I can tell her anything. My deepest thoughts. Sometimes I feel like I can't trust myself which is hard. But I think everyone has to have someone in their lives to trust in or else it's going to be a very sheltered lonely existence.