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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.
1 Cor 6:19

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I heard once that older caregivers often die soon after their charge dies because they completely put their own health on the back burner. As health care providers we can't afford to do that.

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"He not only cared for the whole person, he also cared with the whole person. His concern for people was his consuming passion. It defined his existence. It affected every dimension of his life, just as it did the one he helped.

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Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention. This may seem obvious, but most helpers tend to put their needs last and feel guilty for taking extra time out of their busy schedules to exercise, meditate or have a massage

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Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
Each individual will have their own warning signs that indicate that they are moving into the danger zone of compassion fatigue. These will include some of the following:

• Exhaustion • Reduced ability to feel sympathy and empathy • Anger and irritability • Increased use of alcohol and drugs • Dread of working with certain clients/patients • Diminished sense of enjoyment of career • Disruption to world view, Heightened anxiety or irrational fears • Intrusive imagery or dissociation • Hypersensitivity or Insensitivity to emotional material • Difficulty separating work life from personal life • Absenteeism – missing work, taking many sick days • Impaired ability to make decisions and care for clients/patients • Problems with intimacy and in personal relationships

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Sinthia Bonilla

"Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention. This may seem obvious, but most helpers tend to put their needs last and feel guilty for taking extra time out of their busy schedules to exercise, meditate or have a massage. On the personal front, helpers need to carefully and honestly assess their life situation: Is there a balance between nourishing and depleting activities in their lives? Do they have access to regular exercise, non-work interests, personal debriefing? Are they caregivers to everyone or have they shut down and cannot give any more when they go home? Are they relying on alcohol, food, gambling, shopping to de-stress? Helpers must recognise that theirs is highly specialised work and their home lives must reflect this. "

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"Ministryhealing is the attempt to integrate all the endeavors that address human needs in a comprehensive, coordinated program of human care."

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" For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Matthew 11:28
Come to me, and I will give you rest.

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Illness is a "whole person" problem...Every physical problem has emotional, spiritual, and social ramifications, and every emotional, spiritual, or social problem has a physical impact. Ministryhealing seeks to be a ministry that heals and a healing that ministers.

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The most insidious aspect of compassion fatigue is that it attacks the very core of what brought us into this work: our empathy and compassion for others.

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Our primary task as helping professionals is FIRST and FOREMOST to meet the physical and/or emotional needs of our clients and patients.
Compassion Fatigue-It is characterized by deep physical and emotional exhaustion and a pronounced change in the helpers ability to feel empathy for their patients, their loved ones, and their co-workers.

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"Compassion fatigue is an occupational hazard, which means that almost everyone who cares about their patients/clients will eventually develop a certain amount of it, to varying degrees of severity. "

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Compassion Fatigue can lead to very serious problems such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.  When this happens you deserve to have help.  Talk to your physician about options such as counselling

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“if you feel burnt out, it means you are not taking good enough care ofyourself”

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“if you feel burnt out, it means you are not taking good enough care ofyourself”

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CF

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"Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention "
-CF

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"Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention. This may seem
obvious, but most helpers tend to put their needs last and feel guilty for taking extra time out
of their busy schedules to exercise, meditate or have a massage"

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Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention. This may seem
obvious, but most helpers tend to put their needs last and feel guilty for taking extra time out
of their busy schedules to exercise, meditate or have a massage

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Learning to recognise one’s own symptoms of compassion fatigue has a two-fold purpose:
firstly, it can serve as an important “check-in” process for a helper who has been feeling
unhappy and dissatisfied, but did not have the words to explain what was happening to them,
and secondly, it can allow them to develop a warning system for themselves.

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No one likes to feel blamed, unfortunately, one negative effect of the work that has been done in this area is that some helpers have felt blamed for their compassion fatigue. They have received a strong message from their workplace, “if you feel burnt out, it means you are not taking good enough care of yourself”. This can further silence people in pain and ignores a key contributing factor that most individual helpers have no or little control over (caseloads etc). Be kind and supportive
and start small, it can be hard to hear that something you have been trying to hide is obvious to others. Talking about the effects of the work can be helpful and a good entry point.

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Exhaustion
• Reduced ability to feel sympathy and empathy
• Anger and irritability
• Increased use of alcohol and drugs
• Dread of working with certain clients/patients
• Diminished sense of enjoyment of career
• Disruption to world view, Heightened anxiety or irrational fears
• Intrusive imagery or dissociation
• Hypersensitivity or Insensitivity to emotional material
• Difficulty separating work life from personal life
• Absenteeism – missing work, taking many sick days
• Impaired ability to make decisions and care for clients/patients
• Problems with intimacy and in personal relationships

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Relating to the chapter 4 of the book Healer's caller, it reminded me fo the statement of   EGW "Sympathy and tact will often prove a greater benefit to the sick than will the most skillful treatment given in a cold, indifferent way. When a physician comes to the sickbed with a listless, careless manner, looks at the afflicted one with little concern, by word or action giving the impression that the case is not one requiring much attention, and then leaves the patient to his own reflections, he has done that patient positive harm. The doubt and discouragement produced by his indifference will often counteract the good effect of the remedies he may prescribe".

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Relating to the chapter 4 of the book Healer's caller, it reminded me fo the statement of   EGW "Sympathy and tact will often prove a greater benefit to the sick than will the most skillful treatment given in a cold, indifferent way. When a physician comes to the sickbed with a listless, careless manner, looks at the afflicted one with little concern, by word or action giving the impression that the case is not one requiring much attention, and then leaves the patient to his own reflections, he has done that patient positive harm. The doubt and discouragement produced by his indifference will often counteract the good effect of the remedies he may prescribe".

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