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Topic: Mechanics of Trust

Trust can be a behavioral response, a way of thinking, a virtue, or a feeling of confidence or belief in the reliability, veracity or integrity of another or oneself.

Compared with other organisms, humans are born significantly underdeveloped physically and highly vulnerable for a considerable period of time.

Therefore, trust and mistrust can be profoundly wired into our design as it is uniquely relevant in our survival.

People may say they don't trust others much, but that might apply more to one's attitude toward specific kinds of relationships. Meanwhile, most of us do trust others in daily life more than we may realize.

Trust can be altered by levels of oxytocin, a pro-social hormone in the body. We also have an evolutionary propsensity to trust faces that look similar to our own, perhaps because our brains recognize a higher probability of being related and thus protected.

But I want to explore alternative psychological approaches to trust, especially when it comes to trusting ourselves. And this involves the root of trust, "true."

I don't think it has to be all about living up to some high standard of goodness. It can be true that regardless of what happens, pleasant or unpleasant, we can grow in wisdom. And we can build something meaningful.