Feeling like you’ve shared something private with someone you shouldn’t have can be a stressful experience.

Whether it’s revealing a small silly tidbit about yourself or something much deeper, oversharing can leave you with a profound feeling of regret. The vulnerability hangover can be all-consuming and fester inside you for hours on end. For some, this form of oversharing can be so intense that they just can’t stop.

Oversharing is described as “revealing an inappropriate amount of detail about one’s personal life” – and Dr Kirren Schnack, a clinical psychologist from Oxford, has taken to TikTok to address the potential causes behind it.

Mental health: do you overshare too much? Here are 5 possible reasons why