I wish I could teach myself how to trust people again. The friend I've been chatting to a lot lately thinks I don't trust him because I defensively distance myself whenever he asks me things, and then I feel really ****ing guilty that I can only let him in so much. Invisible scars are truly the deepest; I feel like such a whiny victim when I try to explain why I'm like this... doesn't help that his overall mannerisms remind me of them before they went off the deep end
That legit doesn't sound like a good friend dynamic satan, if they can't understand theres a reason you don't say alot about yourself then they aren't really a friend. You aren't a whiny victim, you've been played before by someone who then used what they learnt against you it's obvious your gonna be hurting from that and hell even reluctant to approach that level of friendship with another for fear of it happening again.
For years i used to be like this and i wouldn't share anything detailed or private with anyone not even my family, i then met a couple of friends who were just as screwed up as i was, turns out we drive each up the wall and have a good dynamic. In the end i think if i hadn't pushed myself to do something to do with what i liked i'd still be sitting alone and more miserable than i feel somedays.
Soooo my advice is find your beloved thing to do (mine was amusingly enough horticulture and games) and go out do something to do with it, only way i met my current best friend was cuz i mocked his choice in games and he called me a gay ass ***** which got us both laughing.