How do you feel after sharing a (dark) secret in the past?

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I just shared a traumatic experience to a friend. For me, its one of my darkest secret that I tried to bury in the past. I thought I totally forgot it, but after my friend also shared a past, undesirable, & unforgettable experience, I felt disturbed then I just happen to spill out a formidable event in my childhood years. Thank God I could not remember all the details of the event bec. I was still so young, but what I do remember was all the troubles (emotionally) I had been through and the effect/s it had done to me. I felt the urge to confide this to a close friend who happens to be online. She said that I should be thankful that I survived it all. And yes I am. Though it got me disturbed but I also see now that it's one of the things that gave me strength to fight for what is right and protect the people that I love.