Believe that something is in such a way or that someone will behave in this or that way. trust is a quality of living beings that it supposes believe and be sure that a situation is a certain way, or that a person will act in a certain way. Confidence supposes security in oneself as in others since it implies the belief that certain results or consequences will be achieved in certain situations. Trust is then related to a feeling that sets its sights on a future action that has not yet happened and about which there is no empirical certainty.
Trust, observed in animals and humans
Although in the case of animals, trust does not appear as something conscious but as something instinctive, in humans trust can be generated consciously and voluntarily from the presence of elements, experiences or situations that vary in each individual. Trust involves some work and effort since the human being is aware of it, he must put himself in a situation of security in that what is sustained will happen.
Who do we trust?
Generally, we tend to trust those or those who show us kindness, aptitudes and loyalty and therefore we will not trust anything or someone who does not show themselves in this way and even more they generate doubts for considering them misleading or cheating in some sense.
Meanwhile, this belief that we develop is normally based on assumptions that generate previous events, that is, on events that happened previously and in which that person, for example, had a correct and positive performance and then it is assumed that they will continue to do so in the future. future.
Beware of blind trust
Now, it is important that we emphasize that although certain events or people generate confidence in us, we should never relax in this sense because sometimes overconfidence in something, someone and even in oneself can lead to disappointments.
Let's think about the trust that we sometimes place in ourselves when carrying out a certain activity and then this makes us not prepare properly and we feel like winners, but suddenly, someone prepared more and ready ends up surpassing us. At this point we must be absolutely careful. It is very good that we trust in what we can do but we must always be vigilant and prepared so that they do not happen to us.
The same happens with others, sometimes it happens that we trust a lot in friends, family, co-workers, among others, and suddenly that person lets us down by doing something that hurts us a lot. This state of affairs is popularly known as breach of trust and we must say that it is very common for it to happen, so always be vigilant and unless you are not absolutely certain you should not give blank checks to anyone.
The notion of trust can be used in individual terms as well as in sociological terms
This is so because trust can appear in each individual in different ways, in some more evident than in others. The presence of high levels of confidence that an individual can have about himself makes that person more easily reach his goals than a person who does not have confidence in himself and who doubts about his abilities. The development of the appropriate level of trust in an individual is clearly linked to an important number of phenomena such as lived experiences, the parenting context, the personality, the environment that surrounds him, etc.
However, the term trust is also applied at the social level because it is a virtue that the human being establishes not only on himself but also on others and implies a great familiarity in interpersonal treatment. Thus, trust in colleagues and peers is one of the basic and most important elements for the development of an adequate level of coexistence.
Intimacy and familiarity
On the other hand, the word trust is used a lot in our language as a synonym for familiarity and intimacy with other people. When there is a deep friendly bond between people, the trust of one another usually overflows and then there is no itch when it comes to sharing intimate, domestic moments or exposing certain situations that would not be disclosed in public.
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