How do you get over trust issues?
Rebuilding trust when you’ve hurt someone
- Consider why you did it. Before you embark on the process of rebuilding trust, you’ll first want to check in with yourself to understand why you did it.
- Apologize sincerely.
- Give your partner time.
- Let their needs guide you.
- Commit to clear communication.
Why is trusting someone so hard?
1. You have a low propensity to trust – Our propensity to trust is based on many factors, chief among them being our personality, early childhood role models and experiences, beliefs and values, culture, self-awareness and emotional maturity. Even then, you may only extend trust grudgingly or in small amounts.
How do you trust a person?
Start by trying these 7 things.
- #1: Stay in one place.
- #2: Ground yourself in a routine.
- #3: Give a little, and see what you get.
- #4: Make plans for the future.
- #5: Trust an animal.
- #6: Stop painting red flags green.
- #7: Grow the belief that you deserve to be around trustworthy people.