Alice Evans Instagram – Wow. Can’t stop thinking about this. When an adverse life event hits us, for whatever reason, we can find ourselves thrashing around like a drowning person in the ocean trying to grab on to something – anything that will keep us afloat. What we’re grasping for is somebody to trust.
Personally I find myself in a space where I now EXPECT to be let down. I expect people to suddenly switch on me because of something they’ve read in the newspaper, to randomly question my motives or my truth (although it’s never changed) or my needs. This creates such a high level of anxiety it can be crippling. At the same time, some truly incredible people have come through for me and it may sound crazy but at the moment at least three of my ride or die people who have dug me out of the deepest holes both physically and mentally in the past few years and who are the first people I turn to when the shit hits the fan I didn’t even KNOW a few years ago. So out of need and necessity have been born incredible relationships that I might not otherwise have experienced.
All this to say: be someone your loved ones can trust. Trust is such an important human need and we don’t talk about it enough. 🩷
#trust | Posted on 23/Sep/2024 03:16:19
