Why is trust easy or difficult for you?

Trust has always been easy for me.  As a child my brother and I would recite the "stick a needle in my eye" to "swear" we weren't lying so I grew up speaking (and expecting) a person's word to be their honor.  That expectation has gained me more than once the characterization  of "being gullible".  Now I do less often accept what another says weighing perhaps their reasons.  They may not have grown up with the same Truth values I did so may say things to "CYA".  That's unfortunate if they feel unsafe in speaking to others the truth for themselves, usually out of fear of rejection or being ostracized.  Lies create such a nasty web of additional lies in order to try to keep the initial lie hidden.  If the liar is found out they then are often mistrusted from then on.  Ohhh for the day of mental telepathy!