How Can I Tell If My IP Leak Is Putting Me at Risk? or Is an IP Leak Something I Should Really Worry

"Could My VPN Be Causing an IP Leak Without Me Knowing?"

Hey everyone, kinda freaking out a bit here. So I’ve been using a VPN for privacy, but I just read about ip leaks and now I’m paranoid.

What if my VPN isn’t actually hiding my real IP? Like, could it be leaking without me even noticing? I don’t wanna wake up one day and find out my location’s been exposed this whole time.

Anyone else dealt with this? How do you even check for an ip leak? And if there *is* one, how bad is it really?

Thanks in advance—y’all are lifesavers.

(Also, sorry for the ramble, this stuff just stresses me out lol.)