Trust Issues

I have serious trust issues.

I don't trust anyone. To me no one is to be trusted. I understand why I feel this way... I am afraid of telling someone something and the person either not being able to keep it to themselves, them judging me, them using what I've told them against me, or anything like this. However this isn't the only type of trust issues I've been dealing with.

I don't trust people with my heart or my emotions. I don't want anyone to use me. I don't want anyone to get the best of me.. I'm terribly afraid of letting someone love me and letting someone get close to me, then they completely destroying me.
That's why I don't want anyone to think I'm "soft" or naive.
I don't want them to think they can hurt me, that's why sometimes I come off as a bitch.
I bitch people out when I feel they are taking too much advantage of me.
I bitch people out when I feel they are getting too close to me..
I bitch people out when I feel someone thinks I can't handle something.

I know these things aren't good, I just can't help it..
Now all these problems go back to me having trust issues..
I don't know what to do to fix this.. I want to be an open person, I just don't know how. All these years I've been keeping things to myself, holding things in; letting it eat at me. Now I feel completely out of control with my life and I'm like a timid/cranky cat walking around destroying everything I come across, just because I'm afraid and I can't put any trust into anything. I want to get better, I just don't know how...
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