if someone is struggling to trust, chances are there’s a reason. Whether they can recall the exact reason or not, they’ve had an experience that has made them recoil in angst and pain. Of course they are hesitant or possibly resistant to trusting people, especially those who have hurt them or who remind them of someone they trusted and got burned by. It makes sense that they are skeptical of other people’s intentions. And of course they analyze people with a heightened awareness of the irresponsible and cruel ways humans sometimes act.
