Keeping a secret out of fear, embarrassment or other negative reasons can compromise a person on many levels. Keeping unhealthy secrets is like storing acid in the psyche.
Secrets distort one’s world view, and in turn cause others to treat one differently. Whether a secret is shoved under the rug or outright denied, the effect of holding it is the same.
Revealing a painful secret to a trusted person or a professional listener liberates one from a form of isolation that breeds anger and fear. It is said that we are only as sick as our secrets. This is true. Talk to someone safe today.