Chapter 4: The Gift Hidden in Blind TrustThere was a time, back in my childhood, when I was one of the most trusting people you could meet. I believed everything and everyone — no matter how bizarre, exaggerated, or clearly false the stories were. My so-called “friend” used to tell me wild tales that sounded like they were pulled straight from a fantasy novel. And I believed him, every time.

  My parents warned me. “He’s a liar,” they said. “He just makes things up.” But I couldn’t see why he would lie — what would he gain from it? Besides, I trusted people. That was just who I was. Even when I tried to be skeptical, that doubt would vanish the moment he opened his mouth.

  Time passed, but the "problem" didn’t go away. And eventually, I realized how dangerous it could be. What if next time, it wasn’t just a lying friend — but a scammer, or something worse? I couldn’t keep living like this, walking blind into traps.

  But changing a core part of your personality is nearly impossible, right? Still… I wasn’t someone who gave up easily.

  So I started watching myself. Closely. Observing how I responded in conversations, especially when someone was obviously lying. And one day, I found something. A pattern.

  I realized that if I could distinguish truth from lies — even just most of the time — then this “fw” could actually become a strength. Think about it: if I could trust freely but verify silently, I wouldn’t have the mental blocks that others have. I wouldn’t automatically distrust someone just because of who they are or what they do.

  But that meant I needed a way to detect lies — reliably.

  Years passed. I searched, tested, trained my brain in every way I could think of. And finally, I developed something unexpected: an inner skill that activates during conversations.

  It’s a kind of mental real-time simution. When someone tells me something, my mind instantly creates a model of the situation using the rules of reality — and runs it. Then it analyzes: is this possible, is this consistent, does it make sense? If it doesn’t, that’s the red fg. That’s the moment I know — it’s probably a lie.

  So now, inside, I’m still that same trusting person. But I’ve built a tool, a mental defense system that guards that trust.

  And with it, what once felt like a curse… became a gift.