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How do you begin to trust again after being cheated on or lied to?

Profile: LIFEConquerors16
LIFEConquerors16 on Sep 15, 2015
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It depends on your current relationship with the person, are you angry or confuse. Think about that. :-)
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Anonymous on Sep 22, 2015
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You need to be honest with your partner about your feelings. If you feel betrayed, tell them. If you feel angry, tell them that too. You need to also make sure that they are being honest with you. Communication is key to building that trust again. If your partner truly loves you and respects you, they'll understand your need for this honesty, and will try their best to give it to you. Speaking from experience, it may take some time for you to forgive them and trust them again, but if you keep working at it, I'm sure you can mend things.
Profile: Chinchillin
Chinchillin on Sep 22, 2015
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Before you are ready to trust another person, it's important that you're able to trust yourself. Ultimately, you cannot stop someone from lying to you, or cheating. The only remedy is to trust yourself, develop your instincts, become a better judge of others. Then, when you are ready to trust again, you will know it.
Profile: Adi911
Adi911 on Dec 7, 2015
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my trust will relatively lie on the persons ability to answer my questions clearly and being to the point and not backstabbing me! in order to trust again, i would focus on the persons seriousness of answering my questions and whether it is to the point or not! if it is to the point and clear and kinda trustworthy i would somewhat start believing on the person who has cheated me!
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Honestly, that's one answer I am trying to figure out for years myself. By my own personal experience I guess, there is no set way of how you can get yourself to trust someone new.I twill take time, a lot of it...and efforts..from both the side. the other person has to understand that how difficult it is for you to trust him/her and you have to trust your instincts and not let them be clouded by your past experiences. whenever you start doubting..ask yourself, do you actually have a valid reason to do so or is it just your fear speaking to you again? if you really want to trust someone..give him or her a fair chance and in that process you will be giving yourself a chance too.
Profile: Resilience221
Resilience221 on Dec 19, 2015
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Most people will break our hearts, but that one person who you will spend the rest of your life with will be someone who you can trust. I know that being cheated on/lied to is a huge act of betrayal, and it's very hard to forgive someone after being betrayed. Just remind yourself that not everyone is going to be like your ex. I also find that we learn after a past relationship, and avoid others with similar qualities of an ex. You deserve someone who can also be honest with you!
Profile: Greatlistener87
Greatlistener87 on Mar 22, 2016
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You have to wear your heart on your sleeves so that you will never miss out at anything. Hiding and not letting yourself get hurt only makes u miss out.
Profile: awesomeEars81
awesomeEars81 on May 23, 2016
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Trust is a hard one. I have personally been cheated on and lied to many times, and I pray for guidance in how I should react to the person who cheated or lied, but I also have to start new with trust. Regaining trust is a slow process, first you start with small things, for example trusting them with a simple task that maybe they lied about in the past, then you begin to trust them with their words and that they will tell you the truth. Bottom line always go with your gut, if you feel like you are being cheated on or lied to you probably are, and only you can decide if/when to trust that person again.
Profile: sydemoon
sydemoon on Dec 6, 2016
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After we experienced being lied or cheated on, it obviously hard to trust again. There's always this fear of being lied or cheated again in the future. But I think the only way to be able to trust again is to forgive that hurtful experience, and face the future bravely.
Profile: JD821
JD821 on Aug 21, 2017
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This is a difficult answer as everyone is different. I think that every time we are hurt or taken advantage of it takes us longer to put our walls down. Find the right person that no matter what they are willing to put the time in regardless of how long it takes. Someone who doesn't, obviously doesn't have your best interests.
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