Proven: keeping a secret makes you happier

Keeping something secret is always exciting. Whether it's positive or negative, it's still difficult to keep your mouth shut and not immediately spill it to friends or colleagues. But apparently, keeping negative secrets causes so much stress that it even affects your health. For example, I never understood how colleagues dared to steal from the cash register during my first job. The idea that someone could catch you brought me too much tension to even think about it.

Fortunately, researchers from Columbia University have now been able to prove that keeping fun news secret actually has an incredibly positive effect in the long term. They discovered that people who had to keep their fun news to themselves enjoyed the news much more than those who immediately shared it with their surroundings. According to the researchers, this has to do with the anticipation before sharing the news. This anticipation lasts longer, making you feel more energetic as you approach the moment it is revealed.

So in the long run, you feel better if you keep fun things to yourself for a while, no matter how difficult that may be.