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
CREATED BY THE TRAUMA HELPING
OTHERS IN STRESS.
• WHICH REDUCES CAPACITY OF
EMPATHY TOWARDS SUFFERING IN
FUTURE.
• RESULTS FROM STRESS IN WORK
PLACE
• PROBLEMS WITH COWORKERS , LOSS
OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, LOSS OF JOB
OR POSITION,
 DIFFERENCES
COMPASSION FATIGUE
 INTRUSIVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
 PHYSICAL PROBLEMS ( GI ISSUES,
HEADACHE, LETHARGY….)
 LOSS OF HOPE
 QUESTIONING ONE’S CONTRIBUTION
 BEING VIOLENT TOWARDS LOVED ONCE
OR NEGLECTING THEM
BURNOUTS
• EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
• ALIENATION FROM WORK RELATED
ACTIVITIES
• REDUCE PERFORMANCE
• OVERTHINKING AND OVER WORKING
• SUBSTANCE USE LIKE ALCOHOL OR …….
 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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