Trusting after betrayal

So how do you trust after a betrayal? I’ve asked this so many times to myself. Over my lifetime I’ve been betrayed by many people. Some betrayals were lesser in severity than others and it’s not to say it doesn’t hurt any less because at the end of the day betrayal is betrayal and it hurts. What the betrayer doesn’t understand or maybe they don’t care how damaging it is to the person being betrayed. The betrayed are being open and fully trusting that the person or persons they encounter or that are in their lives will be loyal, faithful and true to their word. Anyone of those gets breached or broken it then cracks the foundation of trust. Trust can be rebuilt but the betrayer often doesn’t want to put in the work to repair the damage caused. Some runaway, lie, disavow it happened, avoid accountability and even gaslight to avert dealing with pain caused. For me the best way to try to rebuilt trust is honesty, taking accountability for actions (good or bad), and open communication. The person hurt by the betrayal needs to work through the pain caused, as well as the betrayer working on their pain caused to the other. It takes time but it’s not impossible to rebuild trust, it just takes the willingness of the betrayed and betrayer to work through it together.