A lie, a half-truth, secrets, deceit or betrayal. We move based on the trust we place in the other person, and we are not just talking about relationships. We talk about friendship, family, work and any type of social interaction we have. By now you have already realized that not everyone is trustworthy but perhaps you lack a basic guide to know if you can trust a person or not. We have that guide! 
How to know if you can trust a person
- In the same way that it is easier to detect that a person does not love you than to know for sure if they really love you, the same thing happens in the case of trust. It is easier to know if a person is untrustworthy than to know that you can open up to them without any danger.
- We have all been deceived at some time and we know what that disappointment hurts. You place your trust in someone, you move around feeling safe because you have great support in life and suddenly you discover that everything was a lie. That person has deceived you, betrayed you and your world falls apart.
- We do not exaggerate. A lie, a betrayal, a deceit or even a half-truth from a person you thought was important in your life generates a series of problems that range from sadness to insecurity to anguish. How to avoid being cheated? With a basic guide to trust.
Signs that you cannot trust a person
- Observe carefully and maybe next time you will be spared from disappointment with a person you trusted.
- See if that person’s words match their actions. Many emotional scammers or tricksters have a very attractive speech about themselves. Don’t just believe the words, because they have to be accompanied by actions.
- Body language is important in knowing if he is lying to you or not. Gestures such as not looking at each other, touching their nose or ear, covering their mouth or looking the other way when they are saying something that is not true is useful on many occasions, but professional liars also have their body language controlled.
- Be suspicious of a person who talks to you about others with contempt, with disdain, or with rancor. And also of those who do not know how to keep someone else’s secret, of those who criticize close people and of those who are envious of other people’s successes.
- When a person protects their privacy excessively, it is usually because they are hiding something. We all have our private plot, but see if in the case of that person it is just a private plot that cannot be entered or if it is his entire life that he surrounds with a halo of secrecy.
- Surely you have ever met a person with an emotional shell around them. They are wounded people, who have been betrayed previously and who do not trust anyone. Don’t try to save them, think that if a person can’t trust you, you can’t trust them either.
- When in a relationship, whatever the type, there is no reciprocity, one person gives more than the other or there is some inequality, rest assured that you cannot trust that person. He will hurt you when he gets the chance.
- Trust is basic in our life and we have to learn to overcome deception. Do not let a past betrayal condition you for the rest of your life and your relationship with others. There are many people you can’t trust, all right, but there are many more you can lean on.