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Oversharing Used to Be the Norm
For years, social media rewarded people for sharing everything. Emotional breakdowns, relationship drama, financial stress, and deeply personal struggles were posted publicly and often in real time. Oversharing became normalized and even encouraged, creating an environment where privacy felt outdated or unnecessary.
Emotional Burnout Changed Everything
Constant exposure to other people’s problems has taken a toll. Timelines filled with trauma dumping, outrage, and forced vulnerability leave many people mentally drained. Instead of connection, oversharing now often creates exhaustion, avoidance, and disengagement.
Privacy Now Feels Intentional
Keeping parts of life offline is no longer seen as secretive—it’s seen as healthy. People are realizing that not every experience needs validation or commentary. Privacy has become a form of self-respect and emotional boundary setting.
The Internet Never Forgets
What’s shared publicly can be saved, reshaped, or resurfaced years later. Posts can be misunderstood, weaponized, or used by algorithms to define someone permanently. This reality has made public vulnerability feel risky instead of freeing.
Smaller Circles Feel Safer
Many people are shifting away from public timelines and toward private group chats, close friends lists, or no sharing at all. Connection still exists, but it’s happening in spaces where trust and control are present.
Less Sharing, More Living
Stepping back from oversharing allows people to experience life without turning every moment into content. The move isn’t about isolation—it’s about choosing peace over performance.
Lisa Crow contributed to this article. She is a true crime junkie and lifestyle blogger based in Waco, Texas. Lisa is the Head of Content at Gigi’s Ramblings and Southern Bred True Crime Junkie. She spends her free time traveling when she can and making memories with her large family which consists of six children and fifteen grandchildren.