The Real Psychological Cost of Keeping Secrets

Keeping a secret is not letting people in on something that probably really matters to you. When you choose to be alone with something, you're often worse off for it. We're missing out on a lot of things when we're keeping a secret. And if you only have a secret to yourself, will you only have yourself to figure it out? Youre goingto find yourself turning that secret over and over in your mind and potentially ruminating on it. Ah, and thats where we see the harm. It's notfor having to hide a secret, it's having to live with it alone....