Is trust eliminating every idea in your thought process that led you to believe you shouldn't trust said person? Or is trust just not ever thinking those thoughts about a person (being overly naive and gullible)?
I want to understand trust more...I think I'm so interested in trust because it's more of a feeling or understanding than a tangible thing.
I have a hard time trusting people, but I am honest with people, some would say brutally honest. Because of this, I realize that a lot of the time I think that people should trust me.
Some things about trust that I will say are that:
- I do not believe that trust is two sided; in any relationship, whether it be plutonic, familial, or romantic can at anytime be one-sided when it comes to trust.
- Trust is not getting the pressure in your chest that says you shouldn't.
- Trust is knowing you won't be abandoned by somebody.
- Trust is optimism.
The dictionary on my mac tells me this on the subject:
trust |trəst|
noun
1 firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something : relations have to be built on trust | they have been able to win the trust of the others.
• acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation : I used only primary sources, taking nothing on trust.
• the state of being responsible for someone or something : a man in a position of trust.
• poetic/literary a person or duty for which one has responsibility : rulership is a trust from God.
• poetic/literary a hope or expectation : all the great trusts of womanhood.
...but I want to know what you think?
Here are some peoples thoughts:
Trust is bullshit you cant trust anyone but yourself. -Jeff
The knowledge that someone isn’t going to hurt you, or betray you. And believing that as a fact.-Grace
I would say that trust is the sense of certaintity that comes from believing something to be true. Erich
Well, in a relationship between two people, and will use romantic in this instance. Trust is not being jealous of other males/females being around your significant other. It is also not being fearful that they will cheat or do things will another person that makes you question your feelings for them (tying into jealousy a bit). um...trust is honesty.-Chris M.
Being able to count on someone to respect your values and your morals, and that they won’t betray them.-Marycate H.
Trust is hard to define. trust is having faith in some one because they have your best interests in mind...like when i ask your advice i know your telling me what i should do for me.-Bob M.
Trust is when two people are sure the other can hold in secrets without telling anyone else, and when they can assume the other did the correct thing even without physically knowing.-Michael S.
