So, how are you doing? It’s important to touch base on this now and again… I’ve been giving you so much information for you to reflect upon.
We are going to take a look at this a bit more. This week we are going to explore Compassion Fatigue. Yes, that’s a real thing! You also have some self-assessment tools in here to help you evaluate your stress.
We revisit the topic of stress because it is so impactful on our bodies. It’s important to keep a finger on the pulse of how you are doing, how you are responding to stress and what may help you alleviate that stress.
You also have a self care bonus this week.
Watch the videos and print the handouts.
Handouts: How do you feel Female Worksheet How do you feel Male Worksheet
CompassionFatigue.org is a great website that builds awareness around compassion fatigue. There are a number of pages on the website to help you learn more. I’ve included the self-rated tests that are available on the website so you don’t have to look around. Print the tools out and see how you add up…
- Life Stress Test assigns a weight to various life stressors
- the ProQoL is a Professional Quality of Life self assessment for those that work in caring professions. However, I included it here in the event you continue to be in a caregiving role. Use some flexibility with the questions if you choose to apply it to a family/friend caregiving role.
Handout: Compassion Fatigue Handouts
COPING TOOL BONUS
Learn and practice a type of breathing exercise to help you pause and regroup when the stress tends to run high. This is simply called Square Breathing… because you do follow the shape of a square or rectangle with your eyes.
Today’s lesson was full of resources…
Take a few minutes to reflect or journal:
What was your Life Stressor score? How are you doing with coping with that?