Interesting. Maybe after one’s been terribly hurt & abused at the hands of parents, it’s easy to flip between a naive trust of others in which one is used and abused over and over to an almost paranoid mistrust because of all the times one tried to trust and was then taken advantage of.
For me, it’s like there is some kind of neurodivergent brain development that has occurred where it is really difficult to understand the intentions of others particularly malfeasant intentions.
I’m glad you posted this and I hope you can find the answers you seek. I want to thank you because I did learn something that is useful to me... these things aren’t about poverty alone as this also happens to people who didn’t grow up in extreme poverty. Thanks and God Bless