Have you ever noticed how quickly your brain can turn something you don't know into something you're afraid might be true? Someone doesn't reply to your message. And at first, you don't think much of it. But then you remember something they said yesterday. Something about their tone that felt a little off. And now you're reading the message you sent again. Did I say something wrong? Are they upset with me? What if they know something I don't? You put your phone down, but you're still thinking about it. There's that tight feeling in your stomach. Your shoulders have crept up toward your ears. And you keep reaching for your phone, hoping there's a reply that will finally let you relax. The worst part is that you know you might be making something out of nothing. But what if you're not? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴? I think that's where it gets difficult. Because sometimes we've been right. Sometimes the person we trusted really was hiding something. Sometimes the little things we noticed turned out to matter. And once you've experienced that, there's a part of you that never wants to be caught unaware again. So you start paying closer attention. You remember conversations. Notice changes in people's behaviour. Try to work out what they really mean. And it can feel like you're being wise. Until you realise how much of your day you've spent trying to protect yourself from something you don't even know is happening. I've been thinking about how much fear can influence what we're willing to believe about other people. Because there's something quite painful about wanting to trust someone and feeling unable to. You want to believe they're being honest. You want to receive their kindness without questioning what they want from you. You want to stop searching for the thing that might prove you were foolish to trust them. But there's that little voice... What if I get it wrong again? And underneath that, perhaps something even harder to admit.

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