What is Empathy Burnout?
The Nurtured Empath
English - March 15, 2023 20:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness Alternative Health energy healing highly sensitive people empaths holistic counselling emotional wellbeing spiritual awakening mental health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My intention for this podcast episode is to start the conversation around empathy burnout and in future podcast episodes I will dissect each stage to provide you with deeper understandings and learnings.
"Empathy Burnout is when you have given so much of yourself to others, there is little or nothing left for you"
Being highly empathic does carry a lot of power even if you don’t realise it yet, as such a heavy burden of responsibility.With that responsibility comes over-exerting yourself and leading to empathy burnout.Empathy Burnout can be a never ending cycle where you can feel trapped, experiencing symptoms such as:Anxiety, chronic stress, overwhelm, exhaustion, confusion, worthlessness, self-doubt, disconnection, and emotional pain.Have a look at the Empathy Burnout Cycle below and see if it feels similar to your experiences.Stage 1: Running at 100% feeling vibrantStage 2: Running at 75% starting to notice a declineStage 3: Running at 50% and your energy is feeling depleted.Stage 4: Running at 25% and in desperate need of recharging.It can feel like you are constantly running on a low battery, just like your devices don’t run as well on a low battery neither do you.Just like your devices you were not made to be running with 100 apps/browsers open and looking for more to open and add to your plate.
You don’t have to stay stuck within the Empathy Burnout Cycle, you can move through empathy burnout with some self-care strategies.I will leave you with something to ponder….
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