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Week 14 Reading Responses by https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0 Ministryhealing en-us 2017-05-02 22:37:24 UTC 2025-11-02 08:12:09 UTC hello@padlet.com 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". https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/213939825 MH244]]> 2017-12-06 22:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/213939825 Signs and Symptoms of Fatigue https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/248858174 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]]> 2018-04-05 13:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/248858174 Running on Empty pg. 5 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249006501 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.]]> 2018-04-05 18:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249006501 Compassion Fatigue https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249306581 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.]]> 2018-04-06 17:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249306581 Compassion Fatigue https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249480151 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]]> 2018-04-08 02:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249480151 Compassion Fatigue https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249483019 "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"]]> 2018-04-08 03:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249483019 Deandra Joseph https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249533853 "Improved self-care is the cornerstone of compassion fatigue prevention "
-CF]]> 2018-04-08 14:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249533853 “if you feel burnt out, it means you are not taking good enough care ofyourself” https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249547306 CF

]]> 2018-04-08 16:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249547306 Compassion fatigue pg5 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249548880 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]]> 2018-04-08 16:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249548880 Tsion G https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249562102 "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. "

]]> 2018-04-08 18:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249562102 Marry Drozdov https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249578341 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.]]> 2018-04-08 20:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249578341 J https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249579154 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. ]]> 2018-04-08 20:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249579154 Rice Ch1 TI https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249605004 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.]]> 2018-04-09 00:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249605004 Eden https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249626746 Matthew 11:28
Come to me, and I will give you rest.]]> 2018-04-09 03:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/249626746 Mark 10:45 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250062088 "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.”

]]> 2018-04-09 22:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250062088 Rice Ch 1 p. 17 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250065270 "Ministryhealing is the attempt to integrate all the endeavors that address human needs in a comprehensive, coordinated program of human care."]]> 2018-04-09 23:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250065270 Compassion Fatigue https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250278929 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. "

]]> 2018-04-10 14:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250278929 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250940161 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
]]> 2018-04-11 21:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/250940161 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251240953 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 ]]> 2018-04-12 16:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251240953 Rice Chapter 1 https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251407260 "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. ]]> 2018-04-13 02:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251407260 Compassion Fatigue Response https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251407896 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. ]]> 2018-04-13 02:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/251407896 Eden Stewart https://padlet.com/dent/766eppyakkl0/wish/252399969 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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