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When You Don’t Trust Your Partner, How Does That Affect Your Relationship?

Do you trust your partner?

By Kaila SellersPublished 4 years ago 4 min read
When You Don’t Trust Your Partner, How Does That Affect Your Relationship?
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When you don't trust your partner, when you are afraid that he is hiding something from you, that he lied to you, that he is cheating on you, you live in constant anxiety.

You turn around and split everything your partner tells you or whatever he does, look for clues that your suspicions are real, always ask yourself "Is he telling the truth?"… Your relationship with your partner is anyway, only healthy not!

You can't be happy and you can't enjoy life and a relationship when you don't trust your partner. You become anxious, frustrated, out of the way out of suspicion. You begin to live longer in your mind that creates scenarios and less in real life. The main question in this situation, a question you have to answer, is: why don't you (trust) your partner anymore?

Have you lost faith in him or never? Did he/she do something to destroy your trust or does the problem start with you and your past? Answering these questions can help you try to solve something - because you can't live quietly and happily with someone you don't trust.

What kind of relationship will you have, when you always wonder if something is hiding from you when you don't know if it's honest when you feel that there is something unspeakable between you?

When you don't trust your partner because of him. Why, exactly, have you lost your confidence? Did your partner do anything: did he lie to you and did you find out the lie? Or did he cheat on you and you realized? Or do you just have suspicions and intuition tells you that they are well-founded?

Did you hear little gossip around? Has he changed his attitude towards you? Did you find any clues that something is wrong with your relationship, but he/she pretends it is nothing? Or did he not inspire confidence in you from the beginning, being a person you can't rely on, a changeable, unstable person, always looking for something new?

Think about all these questions and answer them honestly, without trying to fool yourself. If you have never trusted your partner, you may never trust him or her, but it is hard to see why you can trust him or her. When he lied to you, hid something from you, or cheated on you, you have to make a decision: can you forgive and try to trust in the future?

Or will it be impossible for you to believe what he tells you from now on? And when you only have suspicions based on gossip or obscure clues, the only way is to confront your partner and tell him what you're afraid of: the conversation can calm you down - or it can confirm your suspicions (even if he tries to lie to you, your intuition can show the truth).

When you don't trust your partner because of you. It can also happen he/she is a sincere person you can count on and has done nothing to justify your lack of trust. But it's hard for you to trust anyone and you're not sure about your relationship.

This is because your expectations have probably been deceived in the past by a former partner who made a mistake. So you don't feel safe in any relationship anymore and it's hard for you to trust anyone anymore. But your partner will not do the same and is not the same as your ex! You have to try - yes, there is always a risk of injury; but if you don't risk it, you won't win…

One more thing: try to trust yourself too! Why are you afraid that your partner might betray your trust? Because you are not sure, you may not think you deserve it, you are afraid that you will lose it…

When you don't trust your partner because you are the one who made a mistake, betrayed… and project your own mistake on him, project your betrayal on the other one!

Many times, if you lied, cheated, or betrayed your partner in any other way, you project on him what you did. You start to think that if you lied, you might as well have done it! If you hide something from him, he will probably hide some things from you. The cruel truth: a person who is not himself a trustworthy person will not trust others!

Don't forget when you don't trust your partner:

  • If others have betrayed your trust in past relationships, this does not mean that your current partner will do the same. Don't think that "history repeats itself", think that every relationship and person is different and that it is harmful to perceive the present through the past.
  • Everyone deserves your trust until proven otherwise! To be suspicious and to question the sincerity of someone who has done nothing to provoke it is not right.
  • When he has done something wrong to you, decide: you can forgive his betrayal and you can try to find confidence without resentment; or will you always be afraid that the betrayal will be repeated? (In this case, you can't sit next to a partner who makes you constantly suspicious and insecure, frustrated and agitated).
  • To ask for sincerity in the couple's relationship, you must also offer sincerity, even when it comes to unpleasant truths. When you show openness and sincerity, your partner will feel obligated to respond in the same way. When you hide things, the same
  • To trust your partner, you need to trust yourself and your relationship. If you know you're in love, then try not to look for a knot in the rush; get rid of the fear that you will be betrayed or abandoned and live your relationship! Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT ain't for me either.
  • When you have suspicions, fears, and suspicions, instead of thinking obsessively, instead of living in anxiety, instead of trying to find clues and control everything your partner does, the most normal, respectful, and healthy thing is to put the books on the table and talk to your partner.

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