Is it normal that i don't trust most people?

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I feel really alone, and I wish I could speak to my friends about personal issues in my life. But due to events in my childhood, and something more recent, I've recently become very untrusting of people and struggle to communicate. I feel very shallow to everyone around me, (I feel like those girls that smile all the time and say they're fine and happy when they're not, and get the sense that some of them know I'm being fake and I think it bothers them); I hate myself for it everyday and wish I could just be myself, but I can't. Because all I am underneath is just a wreck and I don't think my friends would understand, or I wouldn't be able to explain it right and it would come out wrong.

Is it normal that even though I have so many kind and supportive friends in my life, I struggle to trust them because of past experiences? That I feel really alone, and I hate myself for forcing a smile so I don't have to weigh my problems on my friends?

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  • iEatZombies_
    11 years ago

    You have good reason not to trust. People are generally untrustworthy. However, you will find good, honest people if you dig through the rubble. As with all hard work, if you're actually trying, you're going to get hurt a lot, and you won't know what you're going to find until you get there. Or you could sit on the side with all of your 'what ifs' until life passes you by.
    You have to decide which is worse; possibly getting an answer you don't like, or never getting an answer.

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  • GlassDarkly31
    11 years ago

    It's normal, but not good.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    Yes, that is normal. Trust takes a lot of time and effort for many people, and for good reason. Just work on it some, and try and open up a little. You will be glad if you find someone you can talk to again. Good luck.

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