Response to postsecret.com

This phenomenon with the postcards is very interesting. People are admitting their deepest darkest secrets to millions of people that they do not know. The key to their secrets is that no one knows who they are. It gives them a sense of security that no one will ever know that it is them, but at least they can get it off their chest. It makes them feel like they are more in control of their situations. Although their confessions are not to a specific person it brings awareness to the people around them about the daily activities going on in their lives. When hearing the word confession it almost brings a sense of guilt with it. To me the reason for confessing something is because I feel guilty that I did it and as soon as I tell someone I feel like it is not so bad. However, with these posted secrets it almost makes the confession seem in vain. It is really not accomplishing anything for that person because they are not telling the right people about their problems. I personally things that it negates the power of the act because I feel that if you want to confess something you need to tell the people who are involved to actually have something happen to make it better. If it makes the person with the secret feel better though then I guess it is what works best for them, it is their secret after all.