The word compassion has been devalued. Today, it is associated with charity or piety, as well as with the word “self-pity”, which evokes the idea of victimization. Nothing further from the essence of these concepts that, far from promoting a diminished vision of the other or of themselves, exalt these looks. That’s why today we […]
Compassion is our ability to understand the suffering of others and corresponds to a desire to alleviate and reduce that suffering. The concept of compassion is simpler and at the same time more intense than empathy. This feeling encourages us to want to help and alleviate, the suffering of others. Self-compassion, on the other hand,
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Sometimes the patient they treat, help or care for does not improve, causing these people to have a form of post-traumatic stress disorder: compassionate fatigue, a condition that is the result of constant energy wear and tear with treatment the help they offer and the compassion they feel for their patients. This exhaustion leads to
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