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How do you start trusting someone again who harshly broke your trust ???

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Is it really possible ?? Or will there be something in one's heart left for eternity.. something that will prevent the trust being 100% pure trust, but with some accompanying doubt deep inside. Is there a way one can LEARN to trust the person again, even if the person doesn't give clear evidence for being trusted again ??? What can be done, without involving the person to be trusted in achievement of this trust ??

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How do you start trusting someone again who harshly broke your trust ???

You don't.

Is it really possible ??

Possible, but not smart.

LEARN to trust the person again, even if the person doesn't give clear evidence for being trusted again ???

The person has already demonstrated the level of trustworthiness.  Stick out your chin again and you'll discover the level is the same as before.

What can be done, without involving the person to be trusted in achievement of this trust ??

Nothing.  With, or without involving the person.
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trust your gut. embrace him/her again if u really want, but keep a distance for if him/her can harshly break your trust for the first time, him/her can do it for x times. and/or be a hypocrite
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I have a nice block of land on the moon for sale that I think would suit you..... or if you don't like that- a very attractive bridge spanning a major river.
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I can be done if you WANT to do it.
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I am not sure if you can fully trust someone who has betrayed your trust in the past. Trust is earned and spent just like money. If you think this is really important you could allow that person to try to earn your trust back, but it would take effort on your part. Perhaps over time this betrayal can be healed. After all, we all make mistakes right? But at the same time, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
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I'm working on that now. It takes a long time,but I think it can be done.
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That would really depend on the person that has broken your trust. If that person is sorry, and would like to earn your trust again  by both working on it,  it stands a good chance of the trust being reestablished.

Forgiving the person that has broken our trust is necessary, I personally think that it would be foolish to put our trust in a person that only intends to hurt or harm  again.
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We can forgive, move on..but we never forget....

"You can close your eyes to reality, but never to memories"
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become gullible fool
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Nope, doesn't work for me. I give out trust for FREE in the beginning, but if you break it...you are screwed. It is easy to forgive, sort of forget. But honestly trust again. Not in my world. It is still possible to love the person however, but trust is just one of those things for me that there are no second chances on. Once it's broken, there will always be a crack.
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Trust has to be earned.  Once it is broken you will never forget it.  You should not have to learn to trust again, they need to prove it to you.

Times tell it all.  If you know the trust was broken once it may again, but if that person is sorry then it would not happen again.
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It's gonna take time. There is never any guarantee that you will trust them 100%. You just start small and simple and see where it goes. If you aren't able to trust them at all, then you're not ready to try and repair the damage. You need more time. Good luck to you hun.
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He has to gain it. You can't really do much about that cause trust is not something you give its something they have to gain. So I think only time can tell when can you really give back that trust.
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honestly, i think one should learn to be VERY cautious with trusting such a person.

If the person doesn't give clear evidence that they are trustworthy ( have learned from the experience, etc.) i don't see any reason why i SHOULD trust them again.
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I think it would depend on how sorry they were...otherwise I don't think you should ever totally trust them again. (Fool me once...shame on YOU....Fool me twice...shame on ME!)

PD...Are we getting "psychically connected"??? Hmmm..This could be interesting. Even more interesting that we agree on something! lol
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