Betrayal

I doubt it’s anything unique about you causing it. Everyone deals with betrayal at one time or another. It just seems part of the nature of two or more human beings trying to get together and interact in a friendship, relationship, or even just on a business level, somebody always gets screwed and hurt. Seems we just can’t get close to each other without hurting each other for selfish reasons.

There’s a difference between being nice and letting yourself get walked all over. Don’t decide to stop being nice as a way to try to defend yourself, that just means there’s one more jerk in the world and perpetuates the problem. Being a crappy person spreads like a disease. Most people start out nice until they deal with enough assholes that they decide to start being a jerk themselves because they’re sick of their heart hurting. It keeps spreading that way. If you’re a nice person, stay nice. Everyone can have 1 chance but learn when it’s time to cut people off and not let them hurt you repeatedly. That doesn’t mean you have to hate anyone or hold a grudge, you can forgive people and wish them the best but still excuse them from your life if you find out they’re going to keep taking advantage of you.

In a perfect world it would be easier to not have to deal with other humans all together and I’ve tried that but unfortunately it seems a large part of our spiritual and mental health comes from interacting with other people.