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The Secret Life of Secrets

Hidden Brain

CHAPTER

The Real Harm of Secrecy

We have all the time in the world to simply think about that secret, and for our mind to return to that secret again and again. And this is where the real harm of secrecy seems to seep in - when you find yourself just having to think about it. No one's asking us to reveal our secret, because, of course, they don't even know that we have a secret. Yesd and so if that was all that was harmful about secrecy, that would actually be quite good, because we're not often in these conversations. I'm thinking actually, of the scene from the t v show the marvellous missus mazel....

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