As someone who has struggled with over-sharing in the past, I know how easy it can be to feel like we need to share every thought and feeling with those around us. And repeat this, over and over to help ease or shift the pain and discomfort. But as I’ve learned, over-sharing and emotional dumping can actually have a negative impact on our mental wellbeing and our relationships with others and push them away.

Over-sharing refers to sharing too much personal information with others, whether it’s strangers, acquaintances, or even close friends and family. Emotional dumping takes this a step further, involving sharing intense and often negative emotions with others without regard for their feelings or boundaries. While it’s important to be open and honest with those around us, over-sharing and emotional dumping can lead to feelings of shame, embarrassment, and, ultimately, a breakdown in relationships.

Emotional dumping and over-sharing can be challenging for loved ones to listen to; time after time, and often they feel – after a given ‘time-period’, that we should be better again and not continually feel such painful emotions. Friends & family can only listen and be supportive for so long before their mental wellbeing is affected or they feel drained from the heaviness of such conversations. However, when we are suffering, there is no ‘time-frame’. Get in touch so we can work together in a safe, confidential, and supportive space, where we can take as long as we need to process and move through the healing journey.

When we over-share and emotionally dump with others, we can, in fact, feel more lonely, disconnected and experience more social anxiety. This is because those who we share with, commonly are not equipped to support or soothe us in times of such emotional need. We can often be perceived as heavy, negative, less likeable, and competent by others if we are choosing to emotionally dump or over-share with non-professionals. Get in touch so we can work together in a safe, confidential, and supportive space, where we can take as long as we need to process and move through the healing journey without judgement.