Loose lips sink ships, but tight lips could tip you over the edge! At any given time we are keeping an average of 17 secrets — not our own, but secrets that have been told to us. There's a tonne of research into it - and one study found the more people thought about a secret, the worst the impact was on their mental health. So, how can we break the cycle?

LINKS

Read ‘Keeping others' secrets can take a toll on mental health, study finds’ from ABC News
Read ‘Why Some People Cant Keep Surprise Psychological Reason’ from Refinery 29
Read ‘New psychology research sheds light on how the experience of keeping a secret is affected by relationship quality’ from Eric Dolan for PsyPost
Read ‘Study: The Worst Part of Keeping a Secret’ by Julie Beck for The Atlantic
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CREDITS
Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Anna Henvest
Editor: Adrian Walton

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Brainwave 219: Lectionary Texts for Feb. 12, 2012.