It has been a while now since I started to listen to people, when we chat, and give them signs that I agree with them, while in my mind I had a totally different opinion. It’s like I would say “Yes, I we all know what you mean” without actually believing it. I think it’s a sign that I don’t trust people anymore
Innocent before proven guilty
I believe that in USA, and in all the other civilized countries, considering someone innocent till proven guilty works not only in the low, but also in the relationships between people. I know that it is a big offence to unfairly accuse someone of lying or to be accused of stealing without proof. In all these countries, if you bring such an offence to someone, and he manage to prove his innocence, you, most probably, are going to be sued, and pay for your behavior.
I was passionate about psychology in school, and although I didn’t read more that I needed to, my knowledge regarding people psychology managed to work against me as I got to know people around me. I learned how to know when people are lying to me, or when they are in trouble and this made me suffer because I couldn’t do anything to help them. I became more suspicious, I started to pay more attention and I couldn’t believe that people are innocent before proven guilty anymore. But I can’t read people well enough to find a way to heal them of all the bad things that have happened to them.
I wasn’t always like this. I had to go through some tough love stories, through some big disappointments from my friends. It was enough to see that my boss never keeps his word, but he uses me as much as possible, and to realize that all the employees lie and are ungrateful no matter how many benefits they get; it was enough to live in a country where if you want someone to keep his/hers promises you have to harass them till they do what they said.
I sit in my lounge and I try to lie to myself that I am in recovery, and that if I have the patience to have a healthy life, I will finally heal; that I am going to be the confident and serene person I use to be. I want to believe that maybe if I stop defending myself from people I will stop meeting people who want only to take advantage of me. I want to believe that people are always innocent before proven guilty.
But for now I know that there are only a few people in this world that I trust with my eyes closed. I know that I got used to thinking the worst about people and things and that my fears came true. I know that I am skeptical about anything that anyone says and this proved to be a got thing. And no matter how immoral or illegal it may be, going on a road with thinking that people are guilty till proven innocent saved my life many times.