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26-11-2020
Column: Relationships - SECRETS
Column: Relationships - SECRETS
Every secret is a story we don’t know - and we don’t like being left in the dark. Bestselling novels capitalise on this by keeping readers in suspense by slowly revealing secrets.
Some secrets are intended to increase another’s happiness, like the planning of a surprise party. Other secrets have less honourable intentions. Sometimes they are about power and control where people actively collude to hide information.
Child abuse thrives on this form of secrecy. As a child you may have been sadly coerced into keeping such a secret but as an adult you enforce that secrecy upon yourself. We make choices to keep certain information away from prying eyes.
A secret is purely information that we choose to either tell or keep hidden. By admitting the reality of what is, exposing it to the light of day, we deflate the power of a secret and deny its opportunity to shame us.
Very often, the problem with a secret is not the content of the secret itself, but what you must do to keep the secret information out of sight.

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