People Share the Secrets They’ve Never Told Anyone

The anonymity (or just generally distancing shield) provided by the internet can turn us into the worst, most vicious versions of ourselves.

But it can also help us open up a bit, like these people on Reddit.

What’s your biggest secret?
byu/madsmadman inAskReddit

The secrets really run a range between despairing and…well, just odd.

1. The phantom menace

Not really a secret to my loved ones, but I get incredibly irritable with people I live with and I can’t figure out why.

I always think I have a justified reason for being angry and irritable even though I almost never really do.

It hurts me and my family a lot and I feel helpless even though it’s my actions.

– DangOlRedditMan

2. Skate away

I’m from Finland. Everybody here knows how to skate. I’m 43 years old and I don’t. And it’s too late to learn now.

Sure, there are classes for this, but they are basically meant for pre-schoolers.

– Bicentennial_Douche

3. “I do neither”

The first love of my life dumped me because she said I’d never amount to anything. At that time, she was right, but her comments ended up helping me find direction.

I employ 75 people now and have achieved financial and emotional health.

I’m conflicted if I want to thank her or rub it in her face.

I do neither

– adx321

4. For the steal

I am a kleptomaniac.

Started when I was very little, I stole a tool from shopping mall and felt this incredible rush of excitement.

I have only told one person in real life

– No-Biscotti-7071

5. Totally closed

i can’t open up. like at all.

for some reason i bottle things up inside instead of just sharing them. even typing this is making me nervous, knowing someone else knows that i think like this. but whatever

– 12bluedragons

6. Put me in, coach

I have a bit of a crush on my coach. He’s about 15 years older than me, and he’s married with kids.

We talk all the time, and we just click really well. Obviously I’d never act on it, but I can’t help but wonder if we were the same age and single..

Throwaway account, of course. And I’m not a minor, don’t worry lol

– AnonymousTaco77

7. No son of mine

I recently lost custody of my son, and I’m kind of glad… I fought with my ex wife for over 2 years and through this time of being denied access to my son he decided he h**es me. She told him I’m choosing not to see him and he believed her even though I’ve been in court trying to get him back this whole time.

After fighting this hard for this long, all the money, time, and emotional energy I’ve put into it I’m glad it’s over. I would still be fighting today if he wanted me to…

– EveryDayAnotherMask

8. The haunting

I’ve always had a weird haunting feeling that someone was coming to k**l me/everyone wants to k**l me.

I have a fear of staying alone, as soon as I’m alone in a hotel or something, I feel as though I’m a target. Like I put chairs in front of doors, I have mace, and a taser in case someone breaks in and tries something.

I have no logical explanation for this besides being a single woman in her 20s that could become a statistic.

But yeah, I live life like I’m a wanted Russian sleeper agent in paranoia world. It sucks to be afraid all the time.

– momogirl200

9. You can relate

Everything’s boring as s**t dude, like remember those days playing super Mario or climbing a big a** tree and such as a kid.

Nothing brings me joy like that anymore..

– ZenniBruh

10. Stick to it

I’m 50 and still can’t drive stick (standard). When I was in college my friends and I went to the bars.

I was the only one who didn’t drink so I had to drive everyone home.

My friend’s car was a stick shift. I destroyed his clutch. Still haven’t learned.

– LidoCalhoun

11. Sorry, Sam

I stole a copy of How to Eat Fried Worms from a girl who had bought it at a thrift sale in grade 5.

I’m sorry Sam

– king-geass

12. The separation

I feel like I’ve been emotionally separating from people over the years.

Not intentionally. More like drifting away.

I feel almost a numbness where I think I’m supposed to feel something. Many of my interactions feel fake.

I’m scared that it won’t get better and that I’ll never be able to reconnect.

– AntoniusPoe

13. I’m thinking of ending things

No matter how well I’m doing in life, there’s always the thought of k**ling myself, ending it all.

I haven’t done it yet because I have no reason to do it yet. In a way, it’s calming because I know if things ever go wrong, I have an exit plan.

– pablospc

14. Take this job and shove it

I h**e my job. Which is actually a really good job to have. But I get bored so easy. And I know lots of people in my field who love the job.

I’m here for the pay. That’s it. I’d quit tomorrow if I could. But then I remember it took me 15 years to get here and it would be a waste.

Plus my wife and kids would suffer if I did. They think I love what I do.

35 more years of this. Don’t know if I can do that.

– CothersMunt

15. Just a fantasy?

I love thinking about having a partner in the future and possibly being really happy as I get older, but in the back of my head I really can’t fathom someone ever actually falling in love with me.

at all.

– minervaonmars

16. The background character

I become emotionally invested in everyone because my biggest fear is finding out I’m a background character in my own life.

Often times people will tell me stories forgetting I was there. It’s happened my whole life, yet it still hits me just as hard.

– SatcasticPsyientist

17. How the cookie crumbles

I h**e my job. I h**e 98% of the community I live in. And I’ve totally lost the ability to stay informed and not lose my mind.

Also, when I was 20, I once gave a toddler a cookie with extremely hot hot sauce on it.

– dr**kmonkey176

18. No kidding

I wish I had stopped at one kid. I love my second kid, but between the epilepsy and the autism and all the behavioral problems, she’s an enormous burden and we aren’t able to give our first child all the attention that he needs and deserves because she takes up so much of our time and energy.

She’s never going to live on her own and she’s going to live with me or with her mom for the rest of our lives.

– Throwaway__19010

19. No one knows what they’re doing

I have no idea what I want to do with my life and I don’t think I ever will, I have hobbies and a job but I have no drive for a career or lifelong goal beyond owning a house instead of renting.

Kinda sucks since your career is how your worth is judged in society these days.

– decidedlyDesolate

20. The big tease

I keep leading people on.

I don’t feel like my brain and I are capable of forming another loving relationship. I am still so deeply bent and confused from my last long term relationship that ended due to his cheating. I come off like it never bothered me what happened, like it never happened to begin with. I sit with someone on a date and I can’t help but point out the similarities between my ex and them. Yet I have not had feelings for him in a year. Everyone said I got over it really well.

But I think about it every day. For an entire year.

– sluttychrist

21. The money game

Not one for many secrets but I haven’t told my family about a nice promotion that I received around 8 month ago.

My family is notorious for talking about everyone’s salaries and jobs and I just wish to no longer contribute to it. I make more than anyone besides my brother who is doctor, but I don’t bother sharing it because there’s no point. Nobody needs to compare their salary to mine as we all have wildly different careers.

– McJumpington

22. The big snip

I’m about to have a vasectomy at age 25. I have told only my GF and my best friend.

It mainly bothers me that I can’t tell my parents, but I know they’d lose their minds because of how much they want grandkids.

They ask me about it often, but I h**e lying to them.

– Hawkseye458

23. Remember when?

My brain has been making up “memories” for some years now, to the point that I have a hard time trusting any memories I have.

Makes me feel like I’m going insane most of the time, especially due to the severity of the fake “memories” (many are of things that would be severely traumatic if it had really happened)

– RoseOfHearts

24. Empty and blissful nothingness

i’m married with two beautiful children and sometimes i get incredibly close to driving my car until it runs out of gas, sleeping wherever it is, and never leaving again.

no more phones, social media, parenting, work, housework. nothing. empty and blissful nothingness.

i love my life. i love my husband and my kids more than life. but the nothingness calls to me more than i ever thought possible.

– allamb772

25. Keeping it tight

I wear a girdle under my clothes when I’m in public as I’m incredibly self conscious of my love handles.

I’m male and the only person who knows is my wife, she thinks I don’t need to, but without it I feel disgusting.

– copey25

26. The guilt

Someone relied on me for happiness, and when they passed I was relieved.

I wish I felt guilty, but I don’t, I feel relief.

I wonder if I’m narcissistic, or too apathetic, but I can’t pretend… I don’t care about their d**th. :[

– Spiritual_Nectarine5

27. Cheater cheater

I graduated and passed my basic calculus and other math-related subjects in high school (Grade 12) this year without knowing a thing about them I just copied my classmates from simple quizzes to exams lol I can’t believe I survived that, but I’m fine with the other subjects so yeah, I ended up like this because I procrastinated so hard.

– XXJ99

28. Take this job and shove it

I h**e my job. Which is actually a really good job to have.

But I get bored so easy. And I know lots of people in my field who love the job. I’m here for the pay. That’s it. I’d quit tomorrow if I could. But then I remember it took me 15 years to get here and it would be a waste. Plus my wife and kids would suffer if I did. They think I love what I do.

35 more years of this. Don’t know if I can do that.

– CothersMunt

29. Just a fantasy?