How do I get over trust issues and stop ruining my relationships?

How do you stop sabotaging relationships when your trust issues keep getting in the way? Can you really learn to trust again after betrayal—or are you doomed to repeat the same painful patterns?

In this episode of Ask Angela: Relationship Advice for Love After Trauma, Angela Amias responds to a listener who is struggling with deep trust issues that continue to harm his relationships, even when he knows his fears aren’t based in reality.

Angela explores:

• Why betrayal trauma rewires our ability to trust
• How fear and anxiety can masquerade as intuition
• Why seeking constant reassurance from a partner often backfires
• How old wounds shape the stories we tell ourselves in relationships
• Why anger and accusations often hide a deeper longing for closeness
• How to begin repairing your trust in yourself—and in healthy relationships

If you've ever pushed someone away because of fear, or struggled to tell the difference between intuition and anxiety, this episode offers honest, trauma-informed guidance for breaking the cycle and building something new.

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