Faux feeling Something done to me
Trusted
Not a feeling: a thought about what someone did.
Also known as believed
‘I think you rely on me and take me at my word.’
Why it’s not a feeling
Trusted is about another person’s confidence in you: that they rely on you and take you at your word. That confidence lives in their mind, so the word reports your reading of it rather than anything happening inside you. Being trusted can leave a person glad, steadier, even a little proud.
Feelings underneath
Needs
Saying it as a feeling
‘I feel trusted.’
When you gave me the keys to your house while you were away for a month, I felt glad and proud, because I need trust and respect.