Trust

Trust is all in one's head.

Once someone has messed with your head, it is hard to separate the fears they have instilled with the reality.

The reality is that I haven't personally been given any reason not to trust.  But I have observed that those outside the group are treated with derision, and I realize that I could be one of those outsiders one day.

This relationship has suffered a blow.  Or I have been awakened to the possibility that things can go wrong one day.

Or it's both.

My naive happiness may not return.