A secondary definition of compassion fatigue refers to the experience of any empathetic individual who is acutely conscious of societal needs but feels helpless to solve them. People who actively ...

GB: As discussed in the essay, compassion fatigue can arise from direct exposure to animal suffering. However, it can also affect people who become "accidental" witnesses of systemic cruelty.

Compassion fatigue has now washed over emergency workers ... People who work in disaster risk reduction management (DRRM) are not the superhumans we aspire them to be,” said Jason Bonaga ...