Distrust - The Feeling Of Crushed Expectations
Personal Experiences With Trust Becoming Distrust
This might end up becoming a funny read but I don't mind, it's an experience I could tell anytime and even in my dream to show how much I wish to go back to those days and make things right or a little less than how it all played out for me... The feeling of trust can be beautiful, so beautiful that you'd begin expect so much without knowing it and when those expectations are not met, distrust is almost inevitable.
I can still remember a childhood friend of mine warning me never to trust anyone or anything, I would get hurt when I do... I bet she was talking to me from experience but then, some advice aren't taken until it is experienced.
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I didn't listen and I trusted every little details of my life, in every phase of my life, I got something or someone new to trust on... I bet I could have gotten an award for being a trustful person if there was one. Well, I didn't get any award of such, instead I got my expectations crushed so hard that I began to wonder why trust should exist at all in the first place.
Just on a lighter note experience
I remember a special pen dad got for me for my upcoming exam. I tried using the pen for a few trials on other write ups in my books and it turned out that I didn't find it hard to trust that the pen would be really perfect for my exams. I even began to believe a jinx on it, I would only pass my exams if I use the pen 😅 well, I'm sure you wouldn't need to be told what happened when I took only that pen to the exam hall. I tend to have up to five pens in my bag now, that was the result of the distrust.
I trusted my mum... Is there a thing called super trust?
I can say my life back in 2004 wasn't the most happiest but I was happy and trusted my situation to be way better than it was as the days and months progresses because I had my dad and mum always having my back and doing their best to take care of my siblings and I. I had this very strong trust (it has to be super trust) in them not just because they were my parents but also because they made me trust them so much 🥺
So yeah, I trusted hard and expected so much
I'm not sure if it was me expecting so much as what I expected and believed would happen was having them both watch me grow from the tiny girl I was to an adult while guiding and making my little dreams come true as their daughter. I just wanted my family to be happy and grow together as we were but then, they made me feel like it was too much to expect from them.
Mum left, dad stayed for his kids but my trust got trampled on
Honestly, I don't think I've recovered from that situation considering the fact that it changed me from being the trustful person to one who you would do so much to prove yourself worthy of my trust. I don't trust anymore actually, I just try to play the game of expecting less and being happy on my own terms to avoid getting hurt like I did in the past. A family member crushed my trust, I hate to think that it could be worse with another.
But then, I'll work on it to trust but not expect so much... It's safer that way but how easy can it be?
Nice post, we all need to start having this on our mind that no one can do everything we need for us and the more we keep expecting, the more heart broken we get
Yeah, that is just it sadly! 🥲
Yeah, it's a sad truth we just have to admit if we want to grow in every aspect
You're right about that
Yeah. Enjoy your day
The fact still remains that trust is the most expensive feeling any one can afford to give especially when people close to us trample on such trust, we just learn to live life gradually taking each step carefully, one day at a time.
It's a hard one but somehow we can do it and get to live our lives step by step 🥲
You see when someone is advising us not to trust too much, it's because of what they have experienced but we wouldn't listen until we experience such ourselves. It's so sad though but that is the result of we, expecting much from mere beings.
No one is to be trusted even our family members but the only thing we can do not to feel much pain is expecting less of them.
And that aspect of not expecting much is what is difficult to do, I kept losing out until I learnt the hard way 🥺
Even some people can't trust themselves, trusting others is a luxury they can't afford 🥲
It's always sad though because we were disappointed but we keep moving while making sure we don't expect too much from people.
And that is just right that we do 😒
I got my own trust trampled on too and it's just too hard to open up again. Built this wall that is gonna be too hard to even penetrate through.
Once trust is broken is becomes difficult to rebuild
Someone said its impossible to build back trust especially for the reason the trust was once broken... It's so sad but it's also a reality.
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Hi, sweetie @merit.ahama 💮 Your pen experience made me laugh 😂 And your experience with your mom really touched me 🥺 Wow... Those are the things you don't expect to happen. I'm sorry it was like that 😔 You have such a beautiful, flowing way of writing. I enjoyed it. Thank you for supporting the theme of the month with a sensitive experience like this 💟
Haha glad I made you feel different kinds of emotion reading my share on the theme 🤗
Thanks for stopping by
Inevitably, we have all been in the place you describe so well in your post, dear friend. In fact, the trauma that is generated by the non-correspondence of that other person can be really painful. Perhaps, all due to one's own expectations and to losing (momentarily) the ability to discern well the objective reality around us. Excellent post, from the bottom of my heart.
I appreciate your kind words about my post... Hoping to keep living and being happy with myself and others around, not sure if the trust matters so much 😊
Indeed🥰
That's quite true... Some advices looks like a ploy to prevent us from trying out new things until we have tried it and seen that indeed, we shouldn't have tried.
Well it's not something you can just wak up and get over with easily....
It's easier not to be trusting at all other than you were trusting before and circumstances made you stop trusting... It's always difficult to bounce back...
Take your time and wait for people prove they are worth your trust again
I guess things would have been different if foreseeing the future was made possible in place of advices 😅
That way, no one would decide to do things that have a scary or bad outcome.
Its difficult but possible, I'm yet to witness broken trust being built again though.
That would have been better honestly 😅😅😅
Well, I have seen broken trusts rebuilt just that none of them ever reaches 💯 again and there are always restrictions
Hmm too bad 🥲
I am so sorry about the experience with your mother. That leaves an indelible mark, but it can help you be the kind of person who can be trusted. We cannot force others to change, but we can be different ourselves and somehow influence them. Love for you 💌
Yeah, you're right about
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