Entry #10 - Keeping Secrets

When I confide in a friend, I expect them to keep that secret. I would be very upset if they went and told, for example, one of their friends because they trust them, they think that I can trust them. If I wanted the whole world to know, then I would tell them. Someone telling someone else a secret is a way of letting someone know you trust them. In return, it is a way of testing to make sure that you can trust someone.
There, sometimes, are certain secrets that need to be told but it depends. The only ones that should be told are if they want to kill themselves they are being abused, or if they tell you that you do drugs and that they will let their parents know soon, yet they don’t. Their parents have a right to know that their kid is messing up their life. The only reasons you would tell these is if it is at the worst point it can get to, or if it’s happening more often.
It’s sometimes very, very hard to keep a big secret that is life-changing. If your friend confided in you though, you should really realize that they trust you with that secret and they told you to keep it secret for a reason. Also, if you can’t talk to anyone else about it, you should really take the time to talk to that person because maybe that’s what they need. They might need someone who honestly cares about their problem and trys to help them along because it is so hard to do things on your own.
Keeping Secrets is very hard, but it does mean that you have the trust of a friend, and sometimes that can mean the world to people.