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Compassion Fatigue
14 years ago
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So, I am learning a lot at my new job. I work in education for nurses. I had to write an advertisement for a training teleconference on the topic of "Compassion Fatigue" the other day. Prior to this point, I had never heard that specific terminology. So, I looked up some articles online and consulted with my supervisor on the subject. The articles all list Compassion Fatigue as something that can easily affect those in the health care field, where you kind of become un-compassionate after working with people who are sick or in pain all of the time and not being able to save them all. Another article referred to people who work with animals, because no matter what you do, you can't save them all or rescue them all from bad homes.
After reading enough to write a short advertisement for our training teleconference (which my supervisor was really impressed with) I realized that Compassion Fatigue affects so much more than just those in medical jobs. Anyone who has worked on telephone customer service and spends all day listening to people complain and not being able to fix all of the problems, anyone working in retail who sees grumpy and unfriendly customers all of the time. Even simply driving your car through rush-hour traffic daily can cause compassion fatigue cause you run out of compassion when you see all of the aggressive drivers pushing everyone else out of the way nearly causing accidents on a daily basis.
So, the reason for this journal, the subject of Compassion Fatigue is new to me but I realize that I have had this feeling off and on for years in both my personal life and in jobs I have had. Now, since I have learned about it, I can learn what to do about it.
I encourage my friends to all look at themselves and their outlook on life. Until I had to read about it for work, I thought what I had been feeling was normal. Compassion Fatigue is actually related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Below is one website, search "compassion fatigue" online for lots more articles.
http://www.compassionfatigue.org/
Hopefully knowing about this will help some of my friends who have high stress jobs or any other situation in their lives that end up causing compassion fatigue.
I am really happy with my new job and how many things I am actually learning.
After reading enough to write a short advertisement for our training teleconference (which my supervisor was really impressed with) I realized that Compassion Fatigue affects so much more than just those in medical jobs. Anyone who has worked on telephone customer service and spends all day listening to people complain and not being able to fix all of the problems, anyone working in retail who sees grumpy and unfriendly customers all of the time. Even simply driving your car through rush-hour traffic daily can cause compassion fatigue cause you run out of compassion when you see all of the aggressive drivers pushing everyone else out of the way nearly causing accidents on a daily basis.
So, the reason for this journal, the subject of Compassion Fatigue is new to me but I realize that I have had this feeling off and on for years in both my personal life and in jobs I have had. Now, since I have learned about it, I can learn what to do about it.
I encourage my friends to all look at themselves and their outlook on life. Until I had to read about it for work, I thought what I had been feeling was normal. Compassion Fatigue is actually related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Below is one website, search "compassion fatigue" online for lots more articles.
http://www.compassionfatigue.org/
Hopefully knowing about this will help some of my friends who have high stress jobs or any other situation in their lives that end up causing compassion fatigue.
I am really happy with my new job and how many things I am actually learning.
AkiraShima
∞akirashima
yeah i think the internet can cause that shit too.
MaeLinPanda
~maelinpanda
OP
it is likely.
Drako
!drako
Yeah. But there are times when it can be better to turn it on, like with all the internet drama that goes on in the furry fandom. There are legitimate crises out there, but there's so much crap that it can sometimes be better to just ignore it all.
MaeLinPanda
~maelinpanda
OP
in some cases, thtas definitely true. I just wonder if compassion fatigue is why people in general are often so grumpy and unpleasant often. (No one in particular, just most people.)
Drako
!drako
Probably. People get tired of caring, and become jaded and stop caring sooner or later after they realize that they have wasted effort on one thing or another.
