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How can I make friends if I can't trust anyone?
| Therapy is a good place to start.
| You don't have to trust people fully to have them be your friend. Just be aware of what people could do that could negatively impact you.
Then again I have 0 non work friends so whatever
| >>252265 you're fucked. Trust issues don't just go away, they're usually well founded. If you can't get therapy and don't have a loving friend/relative to form a secure attachment with you'll have to gamble with strangers who may or may not live up to your fears.
| >>252383 I've gambled with strangers and they've generally been ok people. It's just that I can't get past any boundaries where I have to be vulnerable, trusting or intimate; so acquaintances never develop into friendships. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
| >>252415 same.
I basically have one person I am vulnerable around and that's because I live with them and they also have trust issues so they don't push too hard.
I can say that though those boundaries are harder to break through they can be broken through
| That's just a matter of luck/connection. If you hang out with someone who's pure and innocent, they can break your trust issues. But hey, unless you are marrying them, they'll leave your life anyways.
| First if you can trust yourself in making friends that r trust worthy, then u can have friends
| I don't know, I trust myself the most. Then probably my family and my closest friend. If you think about it, it's not a bad thing, you're protecting yourself. But once you've known an acquaintance for a while, maybe it's time to let them know more about you. And it works both ways, you're opening up to them at the same time they're opening up to you. That's the moment where you'll find out if it's really worth befriending them or not.
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| Please help.