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How trusting are you of other people?
I wear my heart on my sleeve. its really annoying but I can't help it.
is this normal for an aspie?
I used to trust everyone but I got hurt too much so now I just act like I trust people when in reality I'm watching their every move.
i'm somewhat split. A part of me is quite paranoid, thinking that people who deal with me have ulterior motives, or that my friends actually aren't, etc. but my actions are nonetheless those of a trusting person. Maybe I haven't learnt to be otherwise yet.

Meisietjie Wrote:
I wear my heart on my sleeve. its really annoying but I can't help it.


i get that aswell, i always trust people. but alot of times they just use it as some horrible scheme to make me miserible.

ichtms Wrote:
I'm both trusty and paranoid. I can be horribly wrong both ways. Be paranoid when there's no rhyme or reason to be so except for that odd hunch or lingering insecurity; and vice versa, step right into trouble with eyes open. The paranoia is from when I was young and I got things thrown back at me that were either said in some kind of confidence or as a joke or for telling the truth.


woman from mars Wrote:
I'm very trusting, but have been let down by many & taken advantage of.

Now I mainly stick with those who I have learned are trustworthy but I still get caught on the hop by people new to me.


i am trusting and paranoid alot aswell, cos i always want to trust people, and am paranoid that they won't like me, and then in the end (most of the time) i was right to be paranoid because they just use my trust against me (betrayed 8 times in year 7, and so far 2 times in year 8 by the same person!!)

Lace Neil Singer Wrote:
Deeply paranoid. Anyone who breaks my trust never gets it again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.


I'm exactly the same. I take everyone at face value and expect them to be as honest and straightforward with me as I am with them. But when my trust is broken...thats it. Gone.

Although I wear my heart on my sleeve I've been made to be mistrusting of other people's intentions. Like if another girl starts talking to my partner - why? I came to the pub to have a quiet drink with her, who the hell invited YOU here?

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