Is keeping that secret really worth it?

Loose lips sink ships, but tight lips could tip you over the edge! At any given time we are keeping an average of 17 secrets — not our own, but secrets that have been told to us. There's a tonne of research into it - and one study found the more people thought about a secret, the worst the impact was on their mental health. So, how can we break the cycle?

LINKS 

• Read ‘Keeping others' secrets can take a toll on mental health, study finds’ from ABC News
• Read ‘Why Some People Cant Keep Surprise Psychological Reason’ from Refinery 29
• Read ‘New psychology research sheds light on how the experience of keeping a secret is affected by relationship quality’ from Eric Dolan for PsyPost
• Read ‘Study: The Worst Part of Keeping a Secret’ by Julie Beck for The Atlantic
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CREDITS 
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy 
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper 
Editor: Adrian Walton 

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