The Cost of Caring: Compassion Fatigue and What You Can Do About It

You got into this work because you care. And now, some days, you feel like you have nothing left to give. That’s not a personal failure—it’s compassion fatigue.

When you’re constantly exposed to pain and suffering, your empathy system gets overworked. You stop feeling anything, or you feel everything all at once.

The antidote isn’t caring less. It’s caring for yourself with the same urgency you bring to others. Boundaries. Therapy. Rest. This isn’t indulgence—it’s survival.