A secret! Most people have secrets of some kind and researchers found that women will typically spill the beans to someone else in less than two days, 47 hours and 15 minutes to be specific.
People often reveal secrets because it is cathartic or makes them feel better, which can improve their health. Even though venting about a secret often feels good, many people still decide to keep secrets from those closest to them.
Most research on secrets assumes that people want to purge themselves of the secrets that plague them. Yet, there are probably other reasons why people decide to disclose.
See NatCom.org's Keeping and Revealing Secrets and TheAtlantic.com's Why You Can't Keep a Secret to learn more about the science of hiding a secret.
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