Why do we mistrust?

Trust - the lubricant of business relationships, its like oil, slippery and difficult to grasp. Most of us humans trust people and situations on a regular basis, unless we have a specific reason to distrust them. So why are there people who generally mistrust with no reason? Should we really waste our time and efforts trying to gain the trust of someone who just doesn’t have it in them?

Mistrust is supposedly a consequence of past actions. If you have created a situation where someone has reason to mistrust you, then hey, ok go ahead, mistrust is accepted. But, there is a clear difference between a simple absence of trust, and positive mistrust. I believe that people who just generally mistrust are that way as consequence of a complex set of beliefs, perceptions or even actions. Maybe they are that way because they are not worthy of being trusted themselves.Mistrust is very difficult to deal with, is it fair to have to deal with it even if it’s not fairly deserved? Lately I’ve been debating if I should just tackle false beliefs head-on or do I just simply switch my identity and go with the flow, then again, I can’t do that, I’m not willing to change who I am just because someone has decided that I am not worthy of their trust.

Mistrust drains you, it affects your self worth and makes it difficult to focus and move on, how can you believe in what you are doing when you’re not being trusted in your chores? Having confidence in ourselves is vitally important in anything we do, it’s so unfortunate when someone feels the need to bring you down when you manage to begin to fly high!

Any suggestions?