A

• APPROACHING FINANCIAL RUIN
• ASSUMING A NEW IDENTITY

B

• BEING A POLICE INFORMANT
• BEING A PSYCHOPATH
• BEING A PYROMANIAC
• BEING A SECRET AGENT
• BEING A SERIAL KILLER
• BEING A SOCIOPATH
• BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FUTURE
• BEING AN ALLY OR PROTECTOR
• BEING AN ANONYMOUS FINANCIAL DONOR
• BEING ASHAMED OF THEIR HERITAGE
• BEING BLACKMAILED
• BEING IMMORTAL
• BEING IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
• BEING INFERTILE
• BEING MARRIED
• BEING PART OF A CONSPIRACY
• BEING PREGNANT
• BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEATH
• BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
• BEING TERMINALLY ILL
• BEING WANTED FOR A CRIME
• BELONGING TO AN UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE
• BLACKMAILING OR EXTORTING SOMEONE

C

• CHOOSING COWARDICE OVER BRAVERY
• COLLABORATING WITH AN ENEMY
• COMMUNING WITH MYTHICAL OR SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
• CONCEALING A SEXUAL IDENTITY
• CONCEALING GENDER IDENTITY
• CONTROLLING THE MINDS OF OTHERS
• COVETING SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE

D

• DERIVING PLEASURE FROM SOMETHING OTHERS DISDAIN
• DESIRING A FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP
• DOING SOMETHING TERRIBLE TO SURVIVE
• DOUBTING THEIR FAITH

E

• EMBEZZLING OR MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS
• ENGAGING IN SELF-HARM
• EXPLORING THEIR SEXUALITY

F

• FAILING TO KEEP A SECRET
• FAKING A PREGNANCY
• FAKING AN ILLNESS
• FANTASIZING ABOUT KILLING SOMEONE
• FEIGNING LOYALTY TO A GROUP
• FIXING SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKE
• FLEEING A CRIME SCENE

G

• GAINING WEALTH THROUGH UNETHICAL MEANS
• GASLIGHTING OR BRAINWASHING SOMEONE
• GIVING FALSE TESTIMONY
• GIVING SOMEONE UP TO POLICE
• GIVING UP A CHILD
• GIVING UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALTRUISTIC REASONS
• GOING BANKRUPT

H

• HAVING A CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION
• HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD
• HAVING A FAMOUS PSEUDONYM
• HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION
• HAVING A PHOBIA
• HAVING A RELATIVE IN A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY
• HAVING A SECOND FAMILY
• HAVING A SECRET ROOM IN THEIR HOUSE
• HAVING A SPECIAL TALENT
• HAVING AN ABORTION
• HAVING AN ADDICTION
• HAVING AN AFFAIR
• HAVING AN UNDISCLOSED BIAS
• HAVING CERTAIN SEXUAL PREFERENCES
• HAVING GANG OR MOB TIES
• HELPING SOMEONE DIE WITH DIGNITY
• HIDING A GAMBLING PROBLEM
• HIDING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
• HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT FAMILY
• HIDING THEIR ANCESTRY OR LINEAGE
• HIDING THEIR ROYALTY OR NOBILITY
• HIDING WEALTH
• HOARDING
• HOLDING SOMEONE CAPTIVE

K

• KNOWING A WAR OR CRISIS IS IMMINENT
• KNOWING ABOUT A BIG COVER-UP
• KNOWING ABOUT A CLANDESTINE ORGANIZATION
• KNOWING DEATH IS COMING FOR SOMEONE
• KNOWING THE POLICE ARE CLOSING IN ON SOMEONE
• KNOWING WHERE A BODY IS BURIED

L

• LIVING ILLEGALLY IN A COUNTRY
• LIVING UNDER A CURSE
• LOCATING LOST ITEMS USING PSYCHIC POWERS

M

• MAKING A BLACK MARKET PURCHASE
• MONITORING SOMEONE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE
• MURDERING SOMEONE

N

• NO LONGER LOVING A PARTNER

P

• PERFORMING RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
• PLANNING A MASS MURDER OR TERRORIST ATTACK
• PLANNING A MEANINGFUL SURPRISE
• PLANNING AN ESCAPE
• PLOTTING REVENGE
• PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT
• PURSUING A PERSONAL GOAL

R

• REGRETTING BEING A PARENT
• RUINING SOMEONE'S REPUTATION

S

• SABOTAGING A RIVAL
• SAFEGUARDING SOMEONE ELSE'S SECRET
• STEALING TO SUPPORT OTHERS
• STOPPING A MEDICAL TREATMENT
• STRUGGLING WITH A CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
• SUPPRESSING A BENEFICIAL DISCOVERY

T

• TAKING BRIBES
• TAKING THE FALL FOR SOMEONE ELSE
• TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
• TREATING THEMSELVES TO SOMETHING SPECIAL

U

• UNDERGOING A GENDER TRANSITION
• USING A FALSE IDENTITY

V

• VOLUNTEERING IN PRIVATE

W

• WEAPONIZING OTHER PEOPLE'S SECRETS
• WITHHOLDING HELP FROM SOMEONE IN NEED

  

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