Everyday Philosophy: How much empathy is too much empathy?
The notion that compassion costs, but that the cost can be budgeted for, managed, absorbed – paid – is not the most intuitive one. In fact it runs counter to many prevalent media messages about compassion fatigue and the futility of attempting to engage with ‘big’ social problems. (What’s the point? What difference could I make, anyway?) But
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This thought came to me a few years ago. And while the words still ring deeply true, if I were to write them again, I would word them a bit differently, in this way:
“Offering empathy to others without ever exploring our own needs, limits, and boundaries can sometimes cause us to become overwhelmed and burned out. While... See more
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