What to do when the emotional and physical toll of caring reduces your ability to empathise
Compassion fatigue is sometimes described as the ‘cost of caring’, where emotional and physical exhaustion lead to a reduced ability to empathise or feel compassion for others.
Mental Health Practice. 24, 4, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/mhp.24.4.13.s5
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