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<p>By their very definition, secrets are meant to be kept within a tight circle. This means the juiciest or most heavy secrets can weigh on one person as the sole keeper, eventually making them want to crack and spill it to the world.</p><p>While most secrets are secrets for a reason, it can be cathartic to find a space to lighten the load without compromising your safety or reputation. In this way, the many anonymous threads of the internet can be an amazing resource.</p><h2>In <a href="http://ps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/neieym/whats_a_secret_youve_never_told_anyone/" target="_blank">a popular Reddit thread</a>, people shared secrets they&#39;ve never told anyone, and they range from dark and heavy to sweet.</h2><h2>1. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Comprehensive_Pin_90/">Comprehensive_Pin_90</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>My wife has a ceramic mug that she uses all day every day to drink water. As long as I&#39;ve known her she&#39;s used the same mug. 5 years ago shortly after we moved in together, I found the same mug on eBay. That replacement mug sits in a box at my office, just in case the day comes that I accidentally break the original.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JoannAzary/">JoannAzary</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>When I first learned what masturbating was I had the iPod touch first gen. I looked up stuff like &quot;boobs&quot; and &quot;butts&quot; but I got so paranoid that my mom would find out I did it so I threw away the iPod. I wish I was smart enough to clear my search history back then.</p> </blockquote><h2>3. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DeonErvine/">DeonErvine</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was really horny, but my family was around so my solution was to go take a shower and choke the chicken in there. At the time I didn&rsquo;t have a phone case on my phone since my previous one broke. I was getting pretty close standing in the shower so I went to set my phone in basket on top of the toilet where my wallet and stuff was, but instead, I accidentally dropped my phone on the tile floor and the screen was completely shattered. I immediately realized I couldn&rsquo;t easily explain this to my dad, so my solution was to finish my shower and get dressed, then go to the basement stairs and slip down the stairs and get scratched up and let my phone fall.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I then went upstairs with my bleeding knee and broken phone and say I fell down the stairs, and that it broke my phone. I immediately got sympathy from my family and didn&rsquo;t get in trouble. Nobody knows that I threw myself down the stairs and didn&rsquo;t just slip. I realize now that I probably could have just said I fell, but at the time I felt I had to actually do it.</p> </blockquote><h2>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/elliotte-mckinnon/">elliotte-mckinnon</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Here goes. After years of sexual trauma, I had enough damage that I can&rsquo;t fully hold my bladder anymore. Kinda like pregnant ladies after birth. If I sneeze or something, I pee a little, so I constantly have to wear panty liners. It&rsquo;s so so shameful and embarrassing to me and soooo not sexy. I try to conceal it as much as possible and am terrified of having new sexual partners or of anyone seeing/finding out. Haven&rsquo;t even told my therapist but I&rsquo;m working on it. Thanks internet.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AmberlyOrrell/">AmberlyOrrell</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I peed in my dad&#39;s bottle of Bacardi. He drank from it every night and was a raging alcoholic when I was younger. Anytime he acted like an asshole, I&#39;d have this small sense of satisfaction in the back of my mind that no matter what he said or did, he drank my piss.</p> </blockquote><h2>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/VagueAlex430/">VagueAlex430</a>:</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I found the website my teacher was using to get questions &amp; answers off of. I used that website heavily to my advantage.</p> </blockquote><h2>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Alarmingcupcake21/">Alarmingcupcake21</a>:</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I divorced and remarried the same guy. :-) People think we are either divorced and hanging out or we were never divorced. It&#39;s awkward.</p> </blockquote><h2>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TruelleMagique/">TruelleMagique</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was around fourteen, I missed my shot badly in the bathroom and pissed all over the the floor. I tried to clean it up the best I could, but I only had toilet paper, the ceramic had a lot of cracks, and I was in a hurry. There was still a bit left, but I hoped it would dry out and nobody would notice.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>When we came back home, my parents found it and started accusing the landlords (who lived downstairs) to come with their dog while we weren&#39;t there.</p> <p>We had such a good relationship with them before that incident. I remember the old lady making cookies for us.</p> </blockquote><h2>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Riot3725/">Riot3725</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I am a 15-year-old male and am questioning my sexuality. Only one other soul knows this.</p> <p>Edit: The one other person that knows this is a close friend that randomly asked me and I did not want to lie to her.</p> </blockquote><h2>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RedheadedRobin/">RedheadedRobin</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>It&#39;s my fault that pogs, cards and other collectibles are forbidden in my old school.</p> <p>When I was 11 I was the perfect kid, smart, the best grades, and the teacher&#39;s pet. But I was an ugly, &#39;masculine&#39; girl so I got bullied a lot. One day I decided I was done and I stole 300+ pokemon pogs from the kid who bullied me.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I told a teacher I needed to go to the toilet to puke, then I sneaked inside of our class during recess, hid the large bag in the back of a cupboard, then walked out and played with some friends to have an alibi. Each backpack was searched that day and we were collectively and individually interrogated before we went home. I waited one month before retrieving the bag of pogs and slowly start selling the pogs to my classmates, including my bully. No one but me ever knew what happened to the bag, but it was such a scandal in my school that 10+ years later kids cannot bring them to school or they&#39;ll get confiscated.</p> </blockquote><h2>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/A_Prickly_Cactus/">A_Prickly_Cactus</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I heard the term &ldquo;oral sex&rdquo; on the news or something when I was a kid of no more than maybe 7 years old. I knew that sex was a thing that grown-ups did with their privates, and that &ldquo;oral&rdquo; meant that it had to do with the mouth; I basically convinced myself that oral sex was just a fancy way of saying that people were talking about sex, or the equivalent to phone sex.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/goodworkingorder/">goodworkingorder</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Only my dad and mum knew this one and they&#39;re both dead now, so I class it as a secret.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>In my early 20s, I was out with the guys and overdid it on drinks. My go-to was cider or snakebite, and this one night I got so blackout drunk. I got a taxi home and woke up around 1PM next day with VHS tapes everywhere in my room. When I got downstairs the atmosphere was tense. I don&#39;t remember what I did but apparently, I got up in the night in a kind of sleepwalking trance, and got all my videos off the shelves and made a pyramid of sorts in the middle of my bed. Mum and dad tried waking me but of course, they remember that urban myth that waking someone sleepwalking will kill them. Personally, I wish that had happened.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>After the VHS Pyramid incident, they followed me to the top of the stairs (dangerous) and did their best to wake me as I proceeded to get my d**k out and piss down the stairs. Dad says this was an impressively long session, went on for over a minute. The closure was a huge clapping fart which signaled the end, and I lumbered back to bed leaving them to clear up the mess.</p> <p>Mum, I&#39;m sorry you had to see the things you saw that night.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hex_1101/">hex_1101</a>:</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Had a sexual relationship with my best friend&#39;s mom. I was 20 she was early 40s. The relationship lasted for about 3 years. She was married at the time as well. I never told my friend about it. Of course when he asked questions like &quot;what are you doing later?&quot; I&#39;d be like &quot;your mom&quot;. He thought I was kidding. She really was a decent person. It was just one of those situations where it was best to keep your mouth shut.</p> </blockquote><h2>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rajanzi1/">rajanzi1</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>For anyone in my circle or work, they will say I am one of those confident alpha males.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>But in the bedroom and sexual life I like to be a submissive bish lol.</p> </blockquote><h2>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/anongal126/">anongal126</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>That I&rsquo;m pretty sure I&rsquo;m gay. I have a partner and a toddler, both of whom I love more than anything in the world, but I think I&rsquo;m gay. It&rsquo;s been eating me up inside since the beginning of the year.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PhDShouse/">PhDShouse</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was sexually assaulted by my FWB in college.</p> <p>I wasn&rsquo;t really in the mood, and she kept urging me and pressuring me. When I finished I had my first ever panic/anxiety attack and ran to my dorm room and sobbed uncontrollably for about an hour. I never felt comfortable with sexual encounters until I met my soon-to-be wife about a year later.</p> </blockquote><h2>17. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/T0X1CVA113Y/">T0X1CVA113Y</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was three and I put my brother in the dryer when he was one.</p> <p>Nearly pressed the button but he escaped it.</p> </blockquote><h2>18. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Araxya/">Araxya</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I am a kleptomaniac.</p> <p>I found out at very young age. I used to steal flowers when I was young. I get this unusual excitement when I steal.</p> <p>This is probably one thing that I have not told anyone.</p> </blockquote><h2>19. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ClarkleTheDragon/">ClarkleTheDragon</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m a crossdresser and possibly trans. Having grown up in a very republican, queerphobic family, I&#39;m terrified of what my family and society will think.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>20. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/scoutmom1978/">scoutmom1978</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I lost the original 1.5 carat diamond from my engagement ring and replaced it with a cubic zirconia.</p> <p>The marriage didn&rsquo;t last, either.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 people share the secrets they've never told anyone.

By their very definition, secrets are meant to be kept within a tight circle. This means the juiciest or most heavy secrets can weigh on one person as the sole keeper, eventually making them want to crack and spill it to the world.While most secrets are secrets for a reason, it can be cathartic to find a space to lighten the load without compromising your safety or reputation. In this way, the many anonymous threads of the internet can be an amazing resource.In a popular Reddit thread, people shared secrets they&#39;ve never told anyone, and they range from dark and heavy to sweet.1. From Comprehensive_Pin_90: My wife has a ceramic mug that she uses all day every day to drink water. As long as I&#39;ve known her she&#39;s used the same mug. 5 years ago shortly after we moved in together, I found the same mug on eBay. That replacement mug sits in a box at my office, just in case the day comes that I accidentally break the original. 2. From JoannAzary: When I first learned what masturbating was I had the iPod touch first gen. I looked up stuff like &quot;boobs&quot; and &quot;butts&quot; but I got so paranoid that my mom would find out I did it so I threw away the iPod. I wish I was smart enough to clear my search history back then. 3. From DeonErvine: I was really horny, but my family was around so my solution was to go take a shower and choke the chicken in there. At the time I didn&rsquo;t have a phone case on my phone since my previous one broke. I was getting pretty close standing in the shower so I went to set my phone in basket on top of the toilet where my wallet and stuff was, but instead, I accidentally dropped my phone on the tile floor and the screen was completely shattered. I immediately realized I couldn&rsquo;t easily explain this to my dad, so my solution was to finish my shower and get dressed, then go to the basement stairs and slip down the stairs and get scratched up and let my phone fall.  I then went upstairs with my bleeding knee and broken phone and say I fell down the stairs, and that it broke my phone. I immediately got sympathy from my family and didn&rsquo;t get in trouble. Nobody knows that I threw myself down the stairs and didn&rsquo;t just slip. I realize now that I probably could have just said I fell, but at the time I felt I had to actually do it. 4. From elliotte-mckinnon: Here goes. After years of sexual trauma, I had enough damage that I can&rsquo;t fully hold my bladder anymore. Kinda like pregnant ladies after birth. If I sneeze or something, I pee a little, so I constantly have to wear panty liners. It&rsquo;s so so shameful and embarrassing to me and soooo not sexy. I try to conceal it as much as possible and am terrified of having new sexual partners or of anyone seeing/finding out. Haven&rsquo;t even told my therapist but I&rsquo;m working on it. Thanks internet. 5. From AmberlyOrrell: I peed in my dad&#39;s bottle of Bacardi. He drank from it every night and was a raging alcoholic when I was younger. Anytime he acted like an asshole, I&#39;d have this small sense of satisfaction in the back of my mind that no matter what he said or did, he drank my piss. 6. From VagueAlex430:  I found the website my teacher was using to get questions &amp; answers off of. I used that website heavily to my advantage. 7. From Alarmingcupcake21:  I divorced and remarried the same guy. :-) People think we are either divorced and hanging out or we were never divorced. It&#39;s awkward. 8. From TruelleMagique: When I was around fourteen, I missed my shot badly in the bathroom and pissed all over the the floor. I tried to clean it up the best I could, but I only had toilet paper, the ceramic had a lot of cracks, and I was in a hurry. There was still a bit left, but I hoped it would dry out and nobody would notice.  When we came back home, my parents found it and started accusing the landlords (who lived downstairs) to come with their dog while we weren&#39;t there. We had such a good relationship with them before that incident. I remember the old lady making cookies for us. 9. From Riot3725: I am a 15-year-old male and am questioning my sexuality. Only one other soul knows this. Edit: The one other person that knows this is a close friend that randomly asked me and I did not want to lie to her. 10. From RedheadedRobin: It&#39;s my fault that pogs, cards and other collectibles are forbidden in my old school. When I was 11 I was the perfect kid, smart, the best grades, and the teacher&#39;s pet. But I was an ugly, &#39;masculine&#39; girl so I got bullied a lot. One day I decided I was done and I stole 300+ pokemon pogs from the kid who bullied me.  I told a teacher I needed to go to the toilet to puke, then I sneaked inside of our class during recess, hid the large bag in the back of a cupboard, then walked out and played with some friends to have an alibi. Each backpack was searched that day and we were collectively and individually interrogated before we went home. I waited one month before retrieving the bag of pogs and slowly start selling the pogs to my classmates, including my bully. No one but me ever knew what happened to the bag, but it was such a scandal in my school that 10+ years later kids cannot bring them to school or they&#39;ll get confiscated. 11. From A_Prickly_Cactus: I heard the term &ldquo;oral sex&rdquo; on the news or something when I was a kid of no more than maybe 7 years old. I knew that sex was a thing that grown-ups did with their privates, and that &ldquo;oral&rdquo; meant that it had to do with the mouth; I basically convinced myself that oral sex was just a fancy way of saying that people were talking about sex, or the equivalent to phone sex. 12. From goodworkingorder: Only my dad and mum knew this one and they&#39;re both dead now, so I class it as a secret.  In my early 20s, I was out with the guys and overdid it on drinks. My go-to was cider or snakebite, and this one night I got so blackout drunk. I got a taxi home and woke up around 1PM next day with VHS tapes everywhere in my room. When I got downstairs the atmosphere was tense. I don&#39;t remember what I did but apparently, I got up in the night in a kind of sleepwalking trance, and got all my videos off the shelves and made a pyramid of sorts in the middle of my bed. Mum and dad tried waking me but of course, they remember that urban myth that waking someone sleepwalking will kill them. Personally, I wish that had happened.  After the VHS Pyramid incident, they followed me to the top of the stairs (dangerous) and did their best to wake me as I proceeded to get my d**k out and piss down the stairs. Dad says this was an impressively long session, went on for over a minute. The closure was a huge clapping fart which signaled the end, and I lumbered back to bed leaving them to clear up the mess. Mum, I&#39;m sorry you had to see the things you saw that night. 13. From hex_1101:  Had a sexual relationship with my best friend&#39;s mom. I was 20 she was early 40s. The relationship lasted for about 3 years. She was married at the time as well. I never told my friend about it. Of course when he asked questions like &quot;what are you doing later?&quot; I&#39;d be like &quot;your mom&quot;. He thought I was kidding. She really was a decent person. It was just one of those situations where it was best to keep your mouth shut. 14. From rajanzi1: For anyone in my circle or work, they will say I am one of those confident alpha males.  But in the bedroom and sexual life I like to be a submissive bish lol. 15. From anongal126: That I&rsquo;m pretty sure I&rsquo;m gay. I have a partner and a toddler, both of whom I love more than anything in the world, but I think I&rsquo;m gay. It&rsquo;s been eating me up inside since the beginning of the year. 16. From PhDShouse: I was sexually assaulted by my FWB in college. I wasn&rsquo;t really in the mood, and she kept urging me and pressuring me. When I finished I had my first ever panic/anxiety attack and ran to my dorm room and sobbed uncontrollably for about an hour. I never felt comfortable with sexual encounters until I met my soon-to-be wife about a year later. 17. From T0X1CVA113Y: I was three and I put my brother in the dryer when he was one. Nearly pressed the button but he escaped it. 18. From Araxya: I am a kleptomaniac. I found out at very young age. I used to steal flowers when I was young. I get this unusual excitement when I steal. This is probably one thing that I have not told anyone. 19. From ClarkleTheDragon: I&#39;m a crossdresser and possibly trans. Having grown up in a very republican, queerphobic family, I&#39;m terrified of what my family and society will think. 20. From scoutmom1978: I lost the original 1.5 carat diamond from my engagement ring and replaced it with a cubic zirconia. The marriage didn&rsquo;t last, either. 

The internet is a treasure trove of secrets.