V - firstly, it's great to see you back. Missed your input on so many things here.
I love your take on forgiveness. I personally find it very liberating to approach it that way and letting go of the need to forgive someone else for their actions, and rather focus on forgiving yourself.
You touched upon something that I'd love to explore and get your thoughts on it as well. Almost all the experiences here have a common thread of 'betrayal'. How do you start building trust with the other person in these cases? I know there is no such thing as a 100% guarantee that they won't do something like this again, but how can you get to a place of trust with the other person and create a new foundation and life and not having to look over your shoulder every time?
For me this is completely hypothetical and I won't get to this phase in my own sitch, but I'd like to get a better understanding of this just for my own personal growth and what I would need to do to create space to build trust.
Others chime in as well. I haven't seen much of an in-depth discussion on rebuilding trust and what that looks like. Thanks.
