Ep. 3 | The Art of Oversharing

Why are we drawn to share our inner worlds? Is the pull more urgent when you're neurotic?

Dr. Ash King and I pick up where we left off at the end of our second podcast conversation to chat about the perils and benefits of publicizing your raw feelings.

We explore:

• The urge to take our private journaling public

• The personality types that have an easier time keeping it real

• The benefits of spilling your guts online

• Is living mindfully incongruent with doing it “for the plot”?

• Performance anxiety—but the role is acting human

We also leave you with three key things to consider before sharing your inner world elsewhere.

You can also stream Interfering Neurotic on your favorite platform.

Show notes:

• What Do I Know?: Essential Essays by Montaigne
  

• Ash’s PhD thesis: “The Real, Ideal and False Me: Online. How Authentic Self-Expression on Social Media Platforms Relates to Personality, Self-Concept Presentation and Self-Disclosure Behaviours”
  

• “The Appeal of ‘Real’ in Parasocial Interaction: The Effect of Self-Disclosure on Message Acceptance via Perceived Authenticity and Liking” by Hye Soo Nah