Trust is necessary to be able to have emotional intimacy, and it plays an internal part to be healthy and happy in close relationships. It takes much less time to lose a trust when compared to building a trust.

1. Speak what you intend and Intend what you Say

develop trust with your partner one should always speak what you intend and Intend what you speak. To develop trust in a relationship, don’t say things that you won’t be able to follow through later. It’s also important not to say things which didn’t reflect how you feel accurately. Consistently telling what may seems to you as small lies will result in the other person no longer trusting what you say afterwards.

2. Emotionally vulnerable

It is also important to be emotionally vulnerable. Building trust requires you to open up with the potential risk of being hurt. This could be revealing the things that scare you even though they’re not dangerous, or revealing aspects of yourself that you don’t consider attractive. Therefore, in other words, trust is developed when our partner has the chance to let us down or hurt us, but they don’t due to our emotional vulnerability.

3. Respect your partner

Respect plays an important part in building trust. If our partner belittles us or views us with contempt, this is one of the most emotionally enduring way that they can harm us, and it can destroy trust. In actual fact, maintaining that basic level of respect becomes even more important in emotionally intimate relationship.
Unfortunately, we occasionally show our partner our worst. We lose sight of the fact that respect is even more significant with those we love due to the harm that lack of respect over time will cause.
It’s not necessary to be perfectly polite all the time with your partner. However, remember that every time you treat your partner in a way that breaches a basic level of respect, you will damage the connection you have. Plus, it will make it more challenging for your partner to trust you over time.

4. Benefit of doubt

To build trust with your partner, be prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Another way to build trust in a relationship is to express your feelings in a functional, helpful way. An important component of emotional intimacy is being able to talk about feelings without shouting, verbally attacking or shutting down the conversation.

5. Collaborate and Respectful

To build trust, develop ways to discuss difficult feelings that are collaborative and respectful. In order to build trust with a partner, you need to give them the chance to connect with the ‘real’ you – which also includes who you are at an emotional level.
Finally, to build trust with your partner in a marriage or relationship, it is important to consider reciprocity. In other words, be willing to give as well as receive. It is necessary for both partners to feel comfortable with the levels of giving and receiving.

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Author:
 Hitesh Mohan
(counseling Psychologist)