I'm thinking this evening about betrayal. Not when a person ticks you off once or twice. Not when a friend gossips about you. But when a person you should be able to trust turns on you in an attempt to destroy your life. Abuse. Turning friends against you. Systematically tearing down your self-esteem, either to make themselves feel better, or because of some bizarre need to hurt others.
No easy way to say this, it hurts. It wounds. It leaves a mark.
There is healing. How??? I don't really know. Except it takes other people.
But when you've been hurt, the last thing you want to do is trust someone. When you've been betrayed, part of the hurt is self-condemnation. I mean, you trusted someone who turned on you. That's your fault, right? For trusting? No. It isn't. But it erodes your confidence. So you don't know who to trust.
More later...
