COMPASSION FATIGUE
DR GUNJANN SINGH
WHAT IS COMPASSION ??????
• COMPASSION IS A UNDERSTANDING OR PITY FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS
SUFFERING.
• A STRONG FEELING OF SYMPATHY AND SADNESS FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF
OTHERS
• COMPASSION IS CARING
• IF SOMEONE SHOWS KINDNESS , CARING , AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS
IN COMPASSION
WHAT IS COMPASSION ???
• TO SUFFER TOGETHER
• THE FEELING THAT ARISES WHEN YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH ANOTHER'S
SUFFERING AND FEELING MOTIVATED TO RELIEVE THAT SUFFERING .
• COMPASSION IS NOT SAME AS EMPATHY OR ALTRUISM, THOUGH THE CONCEPT
ARE RELATED .
COMPASSION FATIGUE
I AM TIRED OF HELPING OTHERS,
NO ONE LOVES ME,
NO ONE CARES WHAT I WANT ?
COMPASSION
FATIGUE
• A TERM THAT DESCRIBES
THE PHYSICAL ,
EMOTIONAL, AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
OF HELPING OTHERS –
OFTEN THROUGH
EXPERIENCES OF STRESS
AND TRAUMA
• OFTEN MISTAKEN AS
BURNOUT BUT ITS
TOTALLY DIFFERENT
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SYMPTOMS
• FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS AND POWERLESS
• REDUCED FEELING OF EMPATHY AND SENSITIVITY
• FEELING OVERWHELMED AND EXHAUSTED BY WORK
DEMANDS
• FEELING DETACHED, NUMB AND EMOTIONALLY
DISCONNECTED
• LOSS OF INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES YOU USED TO ENJOY
• INCREASED ANXIETY , SADNESS , ANGER AND IRRITABILITY
• NEGLECT OF YOUR OWN SELF-CARE
BURN OUTS & COMPASSION FATIGUE
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• EFFECT: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY,
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
EXHAUSTION, DIFFICULTIES TO ENJOY
BURNOUTS ACTIVITIES AT WORK, AT HOME AND
EXPERIENCE MORE CONFLICTS.
BURNOUT - ASSOCIATED
• WHERE AS BURNOUT AND
WITH TOO MUCH WORK
AND NOT ENOUGH COMPASSION FATIGUE HAVE SIMILAR
RESOURCES TO DO THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THEY ARE
WORK WELL TOTALLY DIFFERENT ISSUES.
DIFFERENCE
COMPASSION FATIGUE BURNOUTS
• EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL BURDEN • RESULTS FROM STRESS IN WORK
CREATED BY THE TRAUMA HELPING PLACE
OTHERS IN STRESS. • PROBLEMS WITH COWORKERS , LOSS
• WHICH REDUCES CAPACITY OF OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, LOSS OF JOB
EMPATHY TOWARDS SUFFERING IN OR POSITION,
FUTURE.
DIFFERENCES
COMPASSION FATIGUE BURNOUTS
INTRUSIVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS • EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS ( GI ISSUES, • ALIENATION FROM WORK RELATED
HEADACHE, LETHARGY….) ACTIVITIES
LOSS OF HOPE • REDUCE PERFORMANCE
QUESTIONING ONE’S CONTRIBUTION • OVERTHINKING AND OVER WORKING
BEING VIOLENT TOWARDS LOVED ONCE
• SUBSTANCE USE LIKE ALCOHOL OR …….
OR NEGLECTING THEM
COMPASSION FATIGUE
• COMPASSION FATIGUE IS A CHALLENGING
PHENOMENON THAT AFFECTS PROFESSIONALS IN
EMPATHETIC ROLES
• THIS TERM WAS GIVEN BY DR CHARLES FIGLEY IN 1992
FOR THE FIRST TIME
• HE IS PROFESSOR IN DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH IN
TULANE UNIVERSITY
• HE SAYS ITS IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON TO LOVE
HIMSELF/ HER SELVES . IF ONE RUNS OUT THE WAYS TO
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(EMPATHY ) TO OTHERS .
• THE EMPATHY IS A WEALTH WHICH CAN PARISH , SO USE
WISELY .
BEST WAYS TO
UNDERSTAND
COMPASSION
FATIGUE
• WHEN WE START FEELING CHANGE
IN OUR BEHAVIOUR OF PROBLEM
SOLVING , SOCIAL SUPPORT ,
EMPATHY.
• WHEN IT IS DIFFERENT FOR
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL YOU
SHOULD STOP AND THINK IF
SOMETHING IS WRONG
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TREATMENT
SELF WITH OTHERS PROFFESSIONAL
LOVE YOURSELF SEEK HELP TALK TO PROFESSIONAL
GO FOR A WALK,GYM,SALOON ASK FOR THE HELP FROM ASK FOR GUIDANCE
LOVED ONCE
TALK TO YOURSELF , STOP FOR A MOMENT AND
LEARN TO SAY NO ANALYS
ENJOY YOUR COMPANY
CONCLUSION
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