Post Secret Archive

am i the only one who doesn’t understand this?

no, I don’t get this either

i understand it actually.

I might be wrong but, when I read it, the first thing that came to mind was someone being raped or abused at an early age, by some unknown assailant.

it’s about abortion. get it now?

It doesn’t make sense that its about abortion, even though I thought of abortion, because aborted fetuses can’t write post secrets so this is obviously nobody’s secret. At best its a political gimmick, if its about abortion.

rape duh

It’s adoption.

I thought it meant that she (I’m assuming it’s a she) was either raped or got pregnant very early, and doesn’t know who did it.

its about rape or molestation people.

My intrepretation is poverty or class. I can see that if someone is born into the “wrong” life circumstances that they are likely doomed to failure before their life begins. Being born “on the wrong side of the tracks” can be an almost certain poor future. Although, I see hope in the fact that my own husband beat the odds through determination and the grace of God’s hand.

could of been a swap at birth….

it happened to me.

Judging by the picture, someone broke into his/her home as a child and raped him/her during the night. The assailant was never found. That’s my interpretation anyway.

Guess this one will always be a secret told that is still a secret I like it. and whatever happened to you, I am sorry…good luck, and I hope you find what you are looking for

Maybe adoption?

This one strikes a chord with me. This could easily have been my secret. In my case, it is illness that stole my life. I’ve always been sick. I had a glimpse of what health was like in high school, but shortly into college I got so sick I had to come home, and now my life is permanently changed. I’m now disabled and can’t work. This might seem like bliss to those who can work, but not having to work is different from not being able to work when you want to. It isn’t much fun when you want to work but can’t and feel like a mooch because other people have to work to take care of you. Aside from that, being in pain and having very little energy, making even trivial tasks difficult, means you can’t spend the time you aren’t working having fun and doing what you want. It isn’t what I want to spend my life bed-ridden. Before my life really began, before I could ever achieve any of my goals or go through with any plans I had for my future and the kind of person I wanted to be, it was all taken away. And for many, many years, I went without a diagnosis, with almost everyone (including doctors) thinking I was just making the whole thing up because I wanted to be lazy. At least I have a diagnosis now. It’s vindication that I’m not crazy. My heart goes out to whose who still don’t have their diagnoses.

This person, who sexually manipulated me when I was younger, turned my gifted mind into a prison.

anyone familiar with the federal reserve act and the feds shareholders could understand how this applies to a whole generation of americans..

I thought the point of this was not to understand but simply to have someone to tell with out being judged?

every one who commented to this has a blank mind.
its the simplicity of it.

pure simplicity.

my thought is that from birth the world we live in steals our lives because with the way life is now we have so many restrictions that you simply can not live it to the full extent,`and we have no idea who to blame.

or that from life he/she has felt something holding them back, not alowing them to truely live it, but he/she does no who or what to blame/

a story in eighteen words

No no no..
It’s about dragon ball z. Someone’s just pissed at Vegeta.

…awesome…this might pertain to Obama as well…

I can see how noone gets this one…but for someone who is adopted like myself…it was as if they posted my central theme for life in a few short words.

I think it pertains to bullying and teasing…but it seems that im the only one…

Maybe it’s about someone who was born with some kind of illness or defect that was caused by force or accident to the mother while she was pregnant. Example: A pregnant woman is injured purposefully and her child has a mental or physical defect due to the injury.
Thats what I got from the secret, of course I could be wrong.

When I read this secret, I think of my own life. My mother got rear-ended while pregnant with me, and so I was born prematurely. I’ve had health problems my whole life, and I’m almost certain to die sooner than I otherwise would have. (I’d explain, but the explanation is lengthy and can be googled.)

So whoever rear-ended my mother that day irrevocably changed my life.

I think of that when I see this secret. We all see in it what we have in ourselves. That’s why there are so many answers.

This reminds me of something someone told me one time. They was getting married after his tour. The wedding was planned for two weeks after he got back. One week before he was set to head home, he was killed.

How about…Its open observation. Whatever you get out of it, that’s what it is.

This makes me sad..

this secret may of come from one person but, it deals with everyone of us.
whether we know it or not, we are held back something.

Excellent site, keep up the good work

seems like it’s about the experience of life as an adoptee, when our destiny and identity as a part of our biological family ends, and a new identity and destiny is bestowed upon us, for better or for worse.

I believe it to be about adoption as well.

I agree that it is about adoption.

There is definitely a story behind this, but I don’t know what it is. I won’t guess either. i’ll just appreciate it for what it is – an expression of deep emotion and a kind of poetry.

this is about the stolen generation in australia.
look it up.

this makes me sad.

it doesnt necesserally havee to make sense to anyone else.
it’s is just someone expressing their feelings.

I think that maybe it is about abortion. Has anyone ever read the the story “hills like white elephants” for a Lit class? it’s a short story about abortion and the picture reminded me of the scene from the story.

I don’t think it is about adoption. I was adopted from birth. I have no idea who my biological parents are, and I never will care to know. Being put up for adoption didn’t steal my life, it gave me my life. And I am thankful. forever.

I think it is about overcontroling parents. The ones who planned the straight road to nowhere the writer wants to go.

My reason for this saying would be from suffering depression from a younger age, before I got to be an adult.

Maybe it have something to do with kidnapping?

Why would adoption be put with life stolen?
My mum is adopted and veery happy, 3 kids, a husband who loves her, adoptive parents who she adores/adore her, an also adopted sister who is the same , who also has two kids. My mum is wayy happy.
She met with her biological mother once and never wants to see her again. She is happy with what she has.

As with the postcard I think whatever it is, only she/he wants to know it. Is not ready to tell still but is on the way and this is how they want to show it. They don’t want others to know as such. They just want it out there.

It’s about whatever you want it to be, be it adoption, abortion, or something totally different.