Are you about the drama? I’m one of those people who can’t tell if I like gossip, rumors, and drama or if I hate it. I certainly feel burdened with knowledge when I find out the personal happenings of two acquaintances I barely know through someone else who also barely knows them. When I hear drama and secrets that have nothing to do with me from a primary source, I usually forget about it nearly as quickly as I hear it. But when I know something about Peggy Sue that she doesn’t know I know, and I see her all the time, that’s certainly a source of stress for me. 

It’s easier to be ambivalent or intrigued by drama when you’re not the one at the center of it, but when you are, it can create a maelstrom of abject humiliation that could take months or years to recover from.