Somewhere along the way, he might have had a traumatic experience, something that may have broken his confidence.

Infuriated, she tries to break Connie's confidence and fires all the servants.

The next day, when delivering Jekyll's breakfast, she is cross with him for breaking her confidence.

Is it difficult for you because it may involve breaking the patient's confidence?

Maybe she meant to break me, break my confidence.

He'd already broken my confidence; he absolutely expected me to keep his.

It wasn't the time to break their confidence.

Oh, it was all just - very private, and I don't want to break his confidence.

The girls' professionalism were challenged when few of the working models they worked with constantly tried to break their confidence.

And you break your opponent's serve in a crucial second set, thus breaking his confidence.