Jessica Gross, 'The art - and science - of sharing a secret', http://ideas.ted.com/2014/07/09/the-art-and-science-of-sharing-a-secret/, TED Conferences (07/09/2014).
Shame
Which secrets should you not be entirely alone with? Secrets motivated by shame. The research is clear: shame is highly correlated with addiction, depression and violence.
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Sharing secrets with strangers doesn’t put your ego at risk. (…) Especially if you’re getting feedback that makes you realize that your secret is more normal than you might imagine - that can be a way to drop that burden of shame and become ready to share it with a parent, a spouse, a psychiatrist, a friend.
Link
Jessica Gross, 'The art - and science - of sharing a secret', http://ideas.ted.com/2014/07/09/the-art-and-science-of-sharing-a-secret/, TED Conferences (07/09/2014).