Editing Compassion (section)

=== Compassion fatigue ===
{{Further|Compassion fatigue}}
People with a higher capacity or responsibility to empathize with others may be at risk for "compassion fatigue", also called "secondary traumatic stress". Examples of people at risk for compassion fatigue are those who spend significant time responding to information related to suffering.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{Cite book |year=2013 |editor-last=Figley |editor-first=Charles R. |title=Treating Compassion Fatigue | doi=10.4324/9780203890318|isbn=9781135454609 }}
|2={{Cite book |last=Figley |first=Charles |title=Compassion Fatigue: Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder In Those Who Treat The Traumatized |publisher=Brunner-Routledge |year=1995 |isbn=978-0876307595 |location=London}}
}}</ref> However, newer research by [[Tania Singer|Singer]] and [[Matthieu Ricard|Ricard]] suggests that it is lack of suitable [[distress tolerance]] that gets people fatigued from compassion activities.<ref name="Altruism: Ricard">{{Cite book |last=Ricard |first=Matthieu |title=Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World |publisher=Brown and Company |year=2015 |isbn=978-0316208246 |pages=56–64 |chapter=IV |chapter-url=http://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html}}</ref> Individuals at risk for compassion fatigue usually display these four key attributes: diminished endurance and/or energy, declined empathic ability, helplessness and/or hopelessness, and emotional exhaustion.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jenkins |first1=Belinda |last2=Warren |first2=Nancy A. |date=October 2012 |title=Concept Analysis |journal=Critical Care Nursing Quarterly |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=388–395 |doi=10.1097/cnq.0b013e318268fe09 |pmid=22948373 |issn=0887-9303}}</ref> Negative coping skills can also increase the risk of developing compassion fatigue.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dreisoerner |first1=Aljoscha |last2=Junker |first2=Nina Mareen |last3=van Dick |first3=Rolf |date=2021 |title=The Relationship Among the Components of Self-compassion: A Pilot Study Using a Compassionate Writing Intervention to Enhance Self-kindness, Common Humanity, and Mindfulness |journal=Journal of Happiness Studies |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=21–47 |doi=10.1007/s10902-019-00217-4 |s2cid=254699280 |issn=1389-4978|doi-access=free }}</ref>

People can alleviate sorrow and distress by doing self-care activities on a regular basis. {{clarify|text=Improving consciousness|date=July 2023}} helps to guide people to recognize the impact and circumstances of past events. After people {{clarify|text=learn the experience from the situation in the past|date=July 2023}}, they are able to find the causes of compassion fatigue in their daily life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Patrica |date=2020 |title=What is compassion fatigue? |url=https://www.compassionfatigue.org/index.html |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project}}</ref> Practice of nonjudgmental compassion can prevent fatigue and [[Occupational burnout|burnout]].<ref name="Klimecki">{{Cite journal|last1=Klimecki|first1=O.M.|last2=Leiberg|first2=S.|last3=Ricard|first3=M.|last4=Singer|first4=T.|year=2014|title=Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training|journal=Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience|volume=9|number=6|pages=873–879|doi=10.1093/scan/nst060 |pmid=23576808 |pmc=4040103 }}</ref> Some methods that can help people to heal compassion fatigue include physical activity, eating healthy food with every meal, good relations with others, enjoying interacting with others in the community, writing a journal frequently, and sleeping enough every day.<ref name=":0" /> The practice of mindfulness and self-awareness also helps with compassion fatigue.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hernandez-Wolfe |first=Pilar |date=October 2018 |title=Vicarious Resilience: A Comprehensive Review |journal=Revista de Estudios Sociales |issue=66 |pages=9–17 |doi=10.7440/res66.2018.02 |s2cid=150291525 |issn=0123-885X|doi-access=free }}</ref>