Do you think that when you choose not to trust, you invite those who are untrustworthy into your life?

No, not necessarily, I would think that if you choose not to trust, you will continue to attract those that are trustworthy as well as those that are untrustworthy. In choosing not to trust you may be doing yourself a great injustice, and limiting yourself in regards to friends and relationships.


The key, I believe is to become a good observer, and to go with your gut instincts. I have found over time, that my instincts are almost always correct.





Although I wouldn't consider myself to be an expert on this topic as I always choose to "trust" (based on my instincts)at least initially.
Do you think that when you choose not to trust, you invite those who are untrustworthy into your life?
No, I don't believe that to be true, when you don't have trust in anyone,it could be because of some incident in your Life that happened that won't let you have any trust whatsoever with anyone.


You might try to change your ways by being somewhat sincere with People but almost always, you see the flaws they have and will return to the same Person you were before.


So I, do not think that if you choose not to trust you will try to attract those that are untrustworthy.
Reply:No.


I think when you trust no one in your life then you have no one in your life. Everyone is on the outside and you are on the inside looking out. All relations with others is surface.


Actually it is just the opposite, when you are a trusting person you are more likely to admit into your life those who are not trustworthy because you are admitting just about everyone.
Reply:No because that would mean that all people are trustworthy and if you decide to not trust them they suddenly become untrustworthy.





Logical answer can sometimes be to obvious to accept, but if logic is used correctly, it can't be wrong because the whole point of logic is to come to the right conclusion using the right data.





[edit]But than again, I was sloppy in my logic because human interaction is far to complex a subject to ever perfectly generalize.
Reply:Quite the opposite. I think because you have invited the untrustworthy into your life in the past, it has caused you not to trust. You now don't trust anyone because of your experiences and therefore see others as untrustworthy.
Reply:damn you got a good point.a lover had lied to me and i found out my brother is a thief, so i kinda stopped trusting anyone. reflecting on that, virtually all the folk that have been stopping in have stolen, taken something without asking or else just use me.
Reply:I don't think so. I thinks its a kind of interpersonal "shut down."





I think its okay to do when you need to. Just remember to come out of your shell when you're able:)





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