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 ...

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 ...

The storms followed 14 other typhoons to lash the archipelago last year, leaving its rescue teams frazzled, frustrated and burnt out. Compassion fatigue has now washed over emergency workers in a ...

"Compassion fatigue" has now washed over emergency workers in a mammoth wave, submerging the medics and volunteers who stepped into the fray — again and again — with a sense they're drowning.

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.