Trust is a fundamental human experience, necessary for society to function and for any person to be relatively happy. Without it, fear rules. Trust is not an either/or proposition, but a matter of degree. Everyone has uncertainty about whom to trust, how much to trust, when not to trust, and so forth at one time or another. In fact, every day we make choices about whom and how much to trust, and sometimes we trust more and sometimes less. That’s a good thing; a total lack of mistrust would indicate a serious psychological problem. Judgments about when and whom to trust help keep us alive!
There are many reasons why you may doubt your partner or have trust issues, but they usually fall under these 10 reasons.
#1 You think your partner lies to you very often.
#2 You think your partner lacks integrity. They’ve cheated on someone in an earlier relationship / You’ve cheated on someone and *knowing how easy it is to cheat* you assume your partner may be cheating behind your back too.
#3 You don’t know much about your partner’s life and what they do when you aren’t around.
#4 You don’t know your lover’s friends and their inside jokes which makes you feel insecure when they’re around.
#5 Your partner is secretive. *locks their phone or deletes their messages often*
#6 You feel threatened by your lover’s friendship with someone you don’t know well. [Read: Why guy best friends are nothing but trouble for a girl]
#7 You’ve had bad experiences in love where an old lover has betrayed your trust.
#8 Your partner just doesn’t share details about their life with you as much as you share yours with them.
#9 Your partner gets furious when you intrude into their private space without their permission.
#10 Your lover flirts with others.
If you’re in a happy relationship that’s built on trust, these 10 reasons for trust issues may seem trivial. But if you’re insecure, even the smallest of these reasons could send you sulking to the corner of the room.