A patient sat across from me today, telling me something genuinely awful, and I felt nothing. I nodded in the right places, said the right words, and inside there was just a flat, gray blank. I got into this work because I cared so much, and now there is simply nothing left to give.
More people experience this than they realize.
You work in a caring role and have gone numb to other people's pain.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.