What’s the secret you’re keeping right now?
Did your heart just stop at that question? We bet you can probably count up to a dozen memories or pieces of personal information that you don't want to share with other people. And that’s fair! Humankind has fought for privacy rights for years. We’re not here to learn about your secrets, but to show how 50 people got the burden off their backs with anonymous secret confessions.
As the professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, David Ludden, Ph.D., points out, secrets can be psychologically damaging because the secret holder can't express what happened and discuss it with others. And as we’ve all experienced, talking about our problems and getting a second opinion can be a huge relief. But when it comes to secrets, we can’t share what happened and have the same approach. Actually, the idea that someone else might know our secret leads to sleepless nights.
Most of the time, you probably think of letting the cat out of the bag because it’s driving you crazy. Still, you can’t hand the power of blackmail or shame to family, friends, and strangers, so you prefer to take some secrets to the grave. But, that’s where the advantage of anonymity comes into play. Instead of confessing to priests and bartenders, try confessing sins anonymously online. Without further ado, we’ve found 50 anonymous secret confessions shared on Fesshole to help you realize that your secrets might not be that bad.
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Anonymous Confession Stories Bringing “Sinners” Together
Maybe you committed a petty crime and got away with it. Maybe you had a regrettable one-night stand, or you did something shameful in your student life. Or maybe it's not that extreme. Some people hide their views on political and religious views, especially when they believe no one else will agree with them. Some do not reveal their finances too, whether they have a lot more or a lot less than others think. For whatever the reason, every person in the world hides a secret. The group of people craving for a way out to spill the tea are much more than the easygoing poker faces we see daily.
Fesshole is the place that might do the trick in making you feel safe and still express what’s killing you inside—hilarious stories or not. With hundreds of thousands of followers, it offers everyone who wants to confess a Google form to keep their anonymity and many, many sets of ears, so they know their confession is heard. It might not bring you salvation, but if there's a chance for peace of mind, why not take it?
And we at Bored Panda are seekers of peace of mind. Hence we want to help everyone turn the page on a mistake they’re the only ones to know about. Sharing secrets anonymously is the core value in Fesshole. Thus, we got in contact with the person behind Fesshole, Rob to give us more insights about this impactful digital platform.
Rob told Bored Panda, "It came about after chatting to my mate Chris and he was moaning about the old internet and how you could post a complaint about your job or your life on a web forum, and nothing went viral and the only people who read were internet nerds. You didn't get sacked." Now, the situation is quite different. If you vent online about your crazy boss, chances are it might go viral enough for your story to reach them as well.
The Fesshole Project
Anyway, Rob and Chris continued with their conversation, and they "got to talk about how semi-anonymity through obscurity was a good thing in many ways."
"So I thought I'd make a place where it's free for Chris to moan and even if it did go viral, it wasn't going to ruin his job or his life because his name is not on," the man running the project explained its origins.
Rob keeps a record of how many people submit their confessions and it's about 150-180 per week.
The Selection Process of Funny Confessions
Rob doesn't overthink the process of which ones to feature on the account. “[My choices are] based on scrolling down the list and reading and picking out the ones that I think will work. Funny or interesting, really,” he said. “Or my judgment of what I think the world will find funny or interesting.”
When you look at it, Rob’s content selection method is kinda meta. “I think scrolling down whilst picking echoes how people read Twitter, just hunting for that interesting bit,” he pointed out. “So this is Twitter, where I’ve pre-chewed the meat.”
But with so many submissions, running the account requires a fair share of time and effort. “I’m in and out of the spreadsheet (whilst doing other stuff, too) all day and every day. That means I’ve read over 3 million words (3,178,532) simply picking the confessions.
Rob said his followers engage with stories that revolve around workplace stuff and anonymous sex confessions, but mostly, they seek to read about confessions revealing human condition.
“So much online is now stuck in a terrible culture war and trying to push you this way and that way, but Fesshole is (I hope) slightly outside this and saying there is another world we can exist in, even if it is just for 5 minutes, one where we just laugh about what it is to be alive. Or feel a bit guilty about laughing,” he explained, adding that all Bored Panda readers are welcome to follow the account.
You have the job I want an instant karma delivery person!
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We need to take a moment and think...........................What has gone wrong with western culture, people with full time jobs can't afford to live. Some people have to choose food over heating, cloths over rent. We are doing something very wrong.
No that is just in america, and very low income countries like in sub-saharan africa etc. In most countries in the northern hemisphere this is a particularly american thing. It is a result of the doctrine of american exceptionalism, "rugged individualism", and "free will". As long as people keep believing that all men are islands and must pull themselves up by their bootstraps, the problem will persist.
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I'd stop buying his groceries or doing shopping for him and tell him "there's no need, it stops you from learning how to help yourself. pull yourself up by your bootstraps."
I hope tour parents are already dead and don't have to deal with such an ungrateful POS like you anymore...
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Tell your dad it’s the hallmark of a truly advanced civilization that they take good care of their smaller and weaker. Tell him it has been discovered that even Neanderthals looked after their old, injured, and infirm, and when those individuals died, they were buried with care and love. Tell him his attitude makes him less civilized than a Neanderthal.
Food banks "stop people from helping themselves"? Like, he'd rather they steal??
Tory is a compliment. Just because you're not intelligent enough to process issues with depth and rationality doesn't mean that people that are are evil.
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Hold on a moment.... This guy thinks people should rely on themselves but has his kid go out to do his shopping for him? OK, hypocrite.
the POS son is probably mooching on his old man. besides, his father raised him, loved him and paid for his education, why should he do anything for him, right?? much better to help crackheads he's never met in his life...
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Saint Francis did the same .....except he tried to give away all his parents goods and chattel while they were still alive! He didn't get away with it even way back then.! I hate the Tories but you should only give away what is yours ....When Francis inherited , he gave it all away, you could do that as well.
"thinks they stop people from helping themselves" "When I do his shopping" Why are you doing "his" shopping, isn't that preventing him from helping himself?
I did something similar in the 2016 US presidential election. Every time my spouse said something hateful about Hillary Clinton, I would donate to her campaign, unbeknownst to him. Added up to almost $200.
The old guy isn't entirely wrong, is he. "Enabling" isn't necessarily "helping." We need better solutions which help people feel great about earning their own way and - essentially - to find preventative measures (instead of treating symptoms).
He sounds like a rich and out-of-touch wanker, I hope he loses everything and has to go to a food bank himself.
Just tell her, she will love that you create beautiful items for the baby.
You didn't leave him behind. He's right there. On your shoulder. I see him.
If they do end up married, and they have a girl, will the name be Mary?
Memories are forever! Sorry for your loss. Glad you can still laugh at the conversations.
Old lady here. Could someone please explain the fancy whodads and the whirlybits like I'm your granny? I don't understand. Thanks in advance.
Everything is relative. We're all poor suckers for Jeff Bezos and the likes, we're all incredibly rich to fugitives who had to leave everything behind.
The grown-up equivalent of grabbing onto "mummy's" leg or trolley and looking up to realise it's not her.
Margaret is happy her cards are displayed~she's happy they make you happy.
I only noticed the difference between Irish, Scotch & American whiskeys, but never between brands. The real quality is only noticeable if it's aged over 21 years, that's when you can tell the difference!
Could have been worse, could have stripped to bare skin because they always sleep in the nude.
Yeah they do. You see your parents and grandparents helping each other out in odd, gross ways your whole life. Sometimes you're the one helping out, or it's your aunt checking a mole on grandpa's shoulder at the Christmas gathering. Because, you know, you care about them because they're family and they're human beings. I sense that this guy is more about cracking a joke at his wife's expense here, posting it online, and it makes me wonder what he thought women were supposed to be like when he was 20.
I gave CPR to a lady that collapsed while on my way to work. Once the paramedics turned up I got back in my car and went to work. The local papers were calling out for the "hero" to come forward and even had a blurry picture from someone's phone. As much as I would love the attention, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle so decided not to own-up. Not one of my friends or family recognised me when I showed them the article and don't believe it was me.
This is common in some cultures, since it leaves all the germs you've tracked onto your shoes during the day at the door. It's actually really smart. Why be bothered by something that doesn't affect you in any way?
Sorry, not your fault. Don't make a wedding cake look like a cheeseboard.
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Idk whether it was Stephen Fry or John Cleese who said that American humor is different in the sense that it contains no self-irony whatsoever, because Americans can't laugh at themselves. Some posts were clearly misunderstood and met with puritan moral outrage for that reason, LOL!!
I'm American and can't think of anything funnier or weirder than I am.
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These are confessions. I don't understand why people are are upset that people are confessing doing bad things.
I thing people are upset because they're being reminded that people are horrible.
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Some of these are so horrible I'm torn between voting them up or down 🤮
Another wrongly named post. Nothing to do with sins, mainly just tales of good deeds. Hopefully this is BPs fault and not just humble braggers taking over a platform meant for real confessions
I guess you didn't click through to read the ones that didn't make the top 50.
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Yea, like I'm going to leave highly personal information on any website. Anonymous? Do you take me for a fool? People have been socially, professionally penalized for making comments in grade school/middle school. My best advice is never leave anything online you cannot deny.
These aren't sins. Some are heartbreaking, some are hilarious and some are sweet. However, I don't like the one where the person uses Tinder to get the roommate to clean up. That's just horrible.
A little bit of wholesomeness, a little bit of disturbing and disgusting, and a lot of revenge. TIL that some things are best kept to yourself.
I use to drive by this road full of motels (in my country, motels aren’t just cheap hotels, but are meant just for sex, most of the time not with your partner), so, every time I see a couple in a car entering or leaving one of these motels, I honk and wave them as I knew them. I can smell the fear our if them of being caught “in fraganti “ 😂😂😂😂
whenever my best friend texts me at night to talk if she is feeling sad she asks if i was asleep i always tell her i was watching TV and not sleeping when she would go shopping for grocery to help her out i would hide some of the items she had and pay for them for her without her realising
The vast majority of these aren't even worthy of being "secrets," let alone being 'sins,' or whatever other negativity people can come up with. Most are so boring, they're not worth reading, and I dozed off twice, at least. The best one was the man who set up their baby as the Face ID for his wife's phone, but that's not something that needs to be kept secret. Lots of babies don't look like both parents. My son was very fortunate that he looked like his Dad, not like me. He was incredibly handsome, right to the day of his death (in an accident). I was just glad he didn't get my homeliness.
Some very sweet, kind people, and some small minded, judgmental, immafure jerks.
Haha, I notice the really disgusting ones didn' tmake this list. There's some very gross people out there, turns out.
I lick my sisters pussy and it was great I am sure she enjoyed it to...
Person who is trying to get people fired is the same cringy person they think they are calling out. Terrible
downvoted for using 'woke', which is usually an attack by the narrow-minded.
Load More Replies... Idk whether it was Stephen Fry or John Cleese who said that American humor is different in the sense that it contains no self-irony whatsoever, because Americans can't laugh at themselves. Some posts were clearly misunderstood and met with puritan moral outrage for that reason, LOL!!
I'm American and can't think of anything funnier or weirder than I am.
Load More Replies... These are confessions. I don't understand why people are are upset that people are confessing doing bad things.
I thing people are upset because they're being reminded that people are horrible.
Load More Replies... Some of these are so horrible I'm torn between voting them up or down 🤮
Another wrongly named post. Nothing to do with sins, mainly just tales of good deeds. Hopefully this is BPs fault and not just humble braggers taking over a platform meant for real confessions
I guess you didn't click through to read the ones that didn't make the top 50.
Load More Replies... Yea, like I'm going to leave highly personal information on any website. Anonymous? Do you take me for a fool? People have been socially, professionally penalized for making comments in grade school/middle school. My best advice is never leave anything online you cannot deny.
These aren't sins. Some are heartbreaking, some are hilarious and some are sweet. However, I don't like the one where the person uses Tinder to get the roommate to clean up. That's just horrible.
A little bit of wholesomeness, a little bit of disturbing and disgusting, and a lot of revenge. TIL that some things are best kept to yourself.
I use to drive by this road full of motels (in my country, motels aren’t just cheap hotels, but are meant just for sex, most of the time not with your partner), so, every time I see a couple in a car entering or leaving one of these motels, I honk and wave them as I knew them. I can smell the fear our if them of being caught “in fraganti “ 😂😂😂😂
whenever my best friend texts me at night to talk if she is feeling sad she asks if i was asleep i always tell her i was watching TV and not sleeping when she would go shopping for grocery to help her out i would hide some of the items she had and pay for them for her without her realising
The vast majority of these aren't even worthy of being "secrets," let alone being 'sins,' or whatever other negativity people can come up with. Most are so boring, they're not worth reading, and I dozed off twice, at least. The best one was the man who set up their baby as the Face ID for his wife's phone, but that's not something that needs to be kept secret. Lots of babies don't look like both parents. My son was very fortunate that he looked like his Dad, not like me. He was incredibly handsome, right to the day of his death (in an accident). I was just glad he didn't get my homeliness.
Some very sweet, kind people, and some small minded, judgmental, immafure jerks.
Haha, I notice the really disgusting ones didn' tmake this list. There's some very gross people out there, turns out.
I lick my sisters pussy and it was great I am sure she enjoyed it to...
Person who is trying to get people fired is the same cringy person they think they are calling out. Terrible
downvoted for using 'woke', which is usually an attack by the narrow-minded.
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