Secrets Should Be Told....

DarkAngel864
DarkAngel864 Posts: 229 Member
edited September 27 in Chit-Chat
So, all my wonderful friends know my birthday just passed, and my oldest, best girlfriend gave me a Post Secret book. If you don't know what that is, it was started by a man who lost his wife to suicide. In her parting note, she admitted to secrets she thought would make her unlovable, and felt suicide was the only way out.

Since then, he has launched his personal site, http://www.postsecret.com/, and published 3 books. Some are sad, some are funny, some are thoughtful. It is pretty common that when you receive a book like that, there may be a secret someone has left in there along the way to your hands. I flipped through and sure enough, on a gas station receipt there was a note: To the person who receives this book, I pray everyday he figures out it is me who loves him most.'

So, I propose that we do this. Open your mind and release the burden of secrets. Message me or one of your friends, or even a complete stranger and tell a secret that you want to get off your chest. Anything to make you feel more free to go on :flowerforyou:
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  • rore1
    rore1 Posts: 110 Member
    wow...beautiful!!!!!!
  • TheNewLK
    TheNewLK Posts: 933 Member
    Beautiful my girl!!
  • Still_Sossy
    Still_Sossy Posts: 868 Member
    I wish I was an open enough person to open up! Man, I am bottle everything, makes me feel safe. I opened up once to someone I thought was my best friend in the world, like a sister, only to have her tell a lot of people what I had to say. So I guess in a way that is the secret to why I am so closed.
  • Sumo813
    Sumo813 Posts: 566 Member
    Sounds quite interesting. A dying last wish... that was never granted.
  • Fesse
    Fesse Posts: 611
    See... this is what I speak when I say I KNOW your heart!! I can see your soul... and I love you for it !! I hope you know that?
    It sings to me this song and stays in my ears for days on end.... my beautiful angel.... who is so much more than meets the eye and for that I love you!! xo
  • DarkAngel864
    DarkAngel864 Posts: 229 Member
    I wish I was an open enough person to open up! Man, I am bottle everything, makes me feel safe. I opened up once to someone I thought was my best friend in the world, like a sister, only to have her tell a lot of people what I had to say. So I guess in a way that is the secret to why I am so closed.

    I hate that someone betrayed your trust, especially since you're such a loyal friend. I understand your need to keep your own secrets. Do what makes you feel safe :heart:
  • Sumo813
    Sumo813 Posts: 566 Member
    I wish I was an open enough person to open up! Man, I am bottle everything, makes me feel safe. I opened up once to someone I thought was my best friend in the world, like a sister, only to have her tell a lot of people what I had to say. So I guess in a way that is the secret to why I am so closed.

    I'm the same way, Soss. At least with certain subjects. There are some things you can't get me to shut up about, but on other more personal things, it can be tough. One thing I pride myself in, is that what is said to me in confidence, stays with me. Unfortunately, I do not bear that same trust upon others. At least not all the time.
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    Awesome idea. I wish I trusted someone enough here to share secrets with!
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    I was actually rendered speechless when I read that.
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    I'm a lesbian, trapped in a man's body.
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
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  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
    I wish I was an open enough person to open up! Man, I am bottle everything, makes me feel safe. I opened up once to someone I thought was my best friend in the world, like a sister, only to have her tell a lot of people what I had to say. So I guess in a way that is the secret to why I am so closed.

    I had that happen more than once....so everything you stated.....is how i feel to!
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    I actually did open up to a good friend this morning about something I am insecure about.
    I felt vulnerable and weak in the moment but it was good to get it out.
    I love that friend even more now for listening.....:heart:
  • KaizokuNoMaiku
    KaizokuNoMaiku Posts: 164
    Love the idea and think its beautiful.

    Happy to say I dont have anny real secrets, a side form the ones I'm keeping for others ofc I have always been able to speak my mind freely and can almost always awnser without lying or having to hide something. Always pref to be honest and confront people or problems head on =)
  • DarkAngel864
    DarkAngel864 Posts: 229 Member
    Its an odd thing, and a scary thing to release secrets. Even if you don't tell people, maybe write it on a note and leave it somewhere....

    I've followed this guy's work for years. It's riveting!
  • Tzavush
    Tzavush Posts: 389 Member
    What a wonderful legacy
  • NobodyKnows
    NobodyKnows Posts: 764 Member
    Beautiful topic by a beautiful person.
  • cafeteriagirl
    cafeteriagirl Posts: 267 Member
    your post made me cry. that is so touching. by the way, Happy Belated Birthday!!!
  • redtrain
    redtrain Posts: 32 Member
    this is a deep thread and i believe it has already been said but....trust. To trust someone enough to let things out. I cant imagine how vulnerable i would feel. even to an anonymous stranger. this is were I think girls are a little tougher than guys.
  • JennMuc
    JennMuc Posts: 70
    I had never heard of Post Secret before and spent the last few minutes reading that website you posted. Thank you for sharing. I, too, am a private person. I have been hurt more than once by people I trusted. While I am in awe of the secrets shared, it is not something I would do. The last time I told someone (the love of my life) my secret it ended badly. My heart still hurts and misses him dearly. Anyway...beautiful gift, and beautiful sentiment.
  • tigertown11
    tigertown11 Posts: 310
    Love the idea and think its beautiful.

    Happy to say I dont have anny real secrets, a side form the ones I'm keeping for others ofc I have always been able to speak my mind freely and can almost always awnser without lying or having to hide something. Always pref to be honest and confront people or problems head on =)

    that is the person i would like to be. do you find that people respect you or that you hurt people in the process? I get so concerned.
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    It is no secret Angel that I adore you and will happily shout it to the world. :heart:
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    I trust no one, so I hide behind the act of exposing myself to the public. I suppose that's a known secret? If it's not, it is now.
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    Interesting.


    I am an open book. Don't have any of my own secrets, but I sure can keep a secret.

    Like the time someone told me (..@#$#%%&%) :laugh: :laugh:
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    i love postsecret and have subscribed to the site for years but haven't been reading them and didn't realize they've slipped to my spam filter.

    thanks for the reminder and how awesome that you found a secret in your book!

    :heart:
  • SimplyFreckled
    SimplyFreckled Posts: 444 Member
    DA, my dear angelface.. You know you are the only one here on MFP that I have told one of my darkest secret to. And I love you for being able to hold on to it and I love you for knowing the place where it came from ♥
    maybe I will come back here later and be open about it. *shrug* I dunno.. really scary!
  • Lizzy_Sunflower
    Lizzy_Sunflower Posts: 1,510 Member
    I want to come back and contemplate this more. It is touching and deserves deep thought. I recently came out to my closest family a secret that I thought would change our lives forever.....and things just went back to "business as usual". In a way I felt betrayed that no one seemed to take the gravity of the situation as seriously as I had hoped....but then I wonder....what did I expect? :brokenheart:
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Im very very open, I lack filters so im pretty much out in the open. There is 2 things not to many people know about me and Im not sure I ever want anyone to know
  • alienblonde1
    alienblonde1 Posts: 749 Member
    Ok here's mine...... We were married 20 yrs when my ex left me about 9 yrs ago. He was my best friend and my love. We parted
    and I didn't see him for a few years. See we live in FL and the day he left me he moved to CO. (Its really a long story).......

    Well first time I saw him a few years back was when I took our grandson to meet his mom (my ex- mother-in-law). That was the only time I saw him since the day he left back in 02.

    Well he moved back to town just before Easter and everyone was like don't go see him. Well I did. I texted him and he called right back. I still love him BUT there is so many things holding me back. I want to see him and get to know him again but yet I'm scared.

    When we met the other night we met at a park and talked for over an hour and as we parted ways he came over by me and hugged me. ARGH!

    I don't know if I can tell others this. Most people I know that divorced departed ways badly. When we did our divorce even my lawyer asked "now why are you guys getting a divorce?"

    What to do what to do?!?!?!
  • xXxKayleighxXx
    xXxKayleighxXx Posts: 103
    That is so sad and so beautiful...

    It's funny that i saw this thread today because only a couple of hours ago i was amazed at how i can open up to my boyfriend. We've been together one year and i feel completely secure with him. I can tell him anything and i feel completely comfortable with him seeing me in a way i would usually hide from someone else.

    I was with my ex for 7 years and i never felt like this.

    It's something i've never had before and it's wonderful. I hope everyone has, or discovers that special person too xx
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