Empathy burnout

Welp, at least there's a reason to explain why everyone is bothering you.

The symptoms of empathy burnout are both sneaky but also very common and can be caused by so many other things in your life… It is a slow build and can very easily be deceiving, it will sneak up on you and before you know it you are experiencing symptoms that you don’t understand. You may find yourself searching for an answer, doing a deep dive into your life, trying to understand the cause for what you are experiencing.

Burnout Test Online adapted from Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) developed by Demerouti & Nachreiner in 1998

The symptoms of empathy burnout are far reaching and extensive in the way they show up in your life. In the many hours of client work I have done over the past 7 years, there is one thing, that shows up over and over again. It doesn’t matter who the person is, their past experiences or the current reasons for experiencing symptoms of empathy burnout. That is the underyling cause of empathy burnout… A lowering of inner capacity...

While empathy is essential to building human connection, over time, if we continue dwelling in this state, our empathetic response can lead to emotional burnout.