Sharing secrets is therapeutic because it allows someone else to share in the "burden" of knowledge and lift us out of isolation. And also, sometimes in sharing secrets with others, we find that the things we thought were so horrible may not be so horrible to others. What a relief.
And my secret is that I know the secrets of someone who was relatively powerful. I could never air them - not even anonymously -- because I think they would hurt too many people.
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Sharing secrets is therapeutic because it allows someone else to share in the "burden" of knowledge and lift us out of isolation. And also, sometimes in sharing secrets with others, we find that the things we thought were so horrible may not be so horrible to others. What a relief.
And my secret is that I know the secrets of someone who was relatively powerful. I could never air them - not even anonymously -- because I think they would hurt too many people.
December 25, 2008 - 7:26amThis Comment
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