Originally posted by Grumpy
I would agree with you but in this case not because he said he is 15 and she is 14 so she could be "attention seeking and just trying to be different" but it is more likely at 14 she isn't. Now there is plenty of 14 year old attention seeking girls, I know plenty. But I don't think this is the case.
Hey there.
My only reply to you is that, essentially, all 14/15 year old girls seek attention in some way, it's the way they have evolved psychologically. At that age they are transitioning between the latency & phallic stages of psychosexual development where the Id is only beginning to be regulated by the Ego. This causes them to seek attention and self-assurance, this happens in essentially everyone to varying degrees.
As for not being attention seeking because you are the only one who knows of her trust issue, that means absolutely nothing. Maybe she garners enough attention to satisfy her needs just from you? If not, I'm sure she is getting attention elsewhere in some form? You say she is a happy person, in my opinion, that is in direct contradiction to being a misanthrope, how can you possibly be happy whilst you are surrounded by those you hate on principle? As you said, a smile can hide things.
Furthermore, this is just my own opinion, but I refuse to see how she can tell you that she loves you when she does not trust you. Loving someone without trusting them completely just, in my opinion, cannot happen. To quote: "Loving someone is telling a person how to destroy you, and trusting them not to do so".
While, just to play Devil's Advocate, you say she likes to keep her personal life to herself and that doing so isn't healthy? I like keeping my personal life to myself, so do a lot of people, it's fine. The problem comes when you become a recluse and shut everyone out (or pretend to be doing so). I could equally retort to you and this girl that the both of you considering yourself misanthropes is totally unhealthy, look how many serial killers consider themselves misanthropes? Carl Panzram et cetera?
My point is, if she (and I refuse to believe this is true) doesn't trust her mother, there isn't a chance in hell she will trust you. Nothing you can do will be stronger than the biological and psychosexual link between a child and their mother. Also, disliking what humanity DOES is a lot different to disliking humanity, I'd be inclined to believe that she is tending towards asociality as opposed to misanthropy.
Finally, I'd like to say that none of this is a troll, none of this is intended to be mean, this is just what I believe based on my experiences and I believe this could help you one day. I look forward to your reply.
Cheers!