5 Signs You Have Trust Issues With Your Partner

How do you rely on anyone who is not you?

Love, affection, adoration..? Maybe, but these are not enough to put your confidence in another person. If you are able to rely on someone for everything in your life, without questioning their judgment, it is because you trust them.

Trust is what cements the foundation of every relationship and plays a significant role in developing secure and healthy relationships. When there is a lack of trust between a couple, it gives rise to problems. Trust issues tend to crop up when certainty leaves your relationship and insecurity seeps in, affecting your reasoning. Trust issues do not necessarily mean suspecting your partner about something. It could also mean that you are cautious, open up slowly, hesitate to speak your heart, and not rely too much on your partner.

* Over-Controlling your Partner

Are you proactively or unknowingly setting boundaries for your partner? Are you monitoring your partner’s social media statuses, and even texts and calls? If you are nodding your head in consent, it could be a sign that you don’t trust your partner enough.

* Expect Negative or Worst

Your partner is home late because they had work to finish. But you think they are someplace other than the office, and that something is wrong about their behavior.Or, you think your partner is texting another person every time they start using their mobile phone. And when they ask you for a simple favor, casually, you think they are using you.

* Sad and Isolated

Do you always feel that your partner is lying or hiding something from you? Do you fear that your relationship is losing its charm? Such thoughts, if persistent, can end up making you sad and depressed. And when you cannot open up and talk about your feelings with your partner, you may feel isolated or alone. The fact that you cannot be yourself and don’t trust your beloved even with simple things indicates a lack of trust.

* Confused about the Relationship

Are you having second thoughts about your relationship right now? Are you always stressed out due to some ambiguity about your relationship status? If yes, chances are you don’t trust each other to move ahead in the relationship and don’t know where you stand or which way to go.

* Testing your Partner

Do you want to know where your partner is or what he or she is doing at all times? Do you keep calling or texting them now and then to check on them? If yes, you probably have a hard time taking their word for it and have the urge to check on them constantly, because you can’t trust them for some reason.