Join teacher Sue Pivetta to work on our naming and creating action steps to help our nervous system.

At first we are glued to the television and everyone is talking about the horrible scenes. You watch and you cry — or you want to cry but you’ve learned to stuff tears. Then, one day, you don’t turn the TV on, you switch the news off on the radio, and you avoid people who want to talk about whatever event happened NOW. You don’t want to cry and it’s all stuck in your throat. You begin to notice the sadness we all felt at the beginning is turning into anger. People are angry at somebody but who?

If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing ‘Compassion Fatigue’. But it just isn’t disasters that can create emotional trauma indirectly. Maybe it's a two hour special showing images of the meth or opioid epidemic. And school shooting or cars mowing down people. Or maybe family addiction or conflict that lasts for years.

Understand what compassion fatigue is

Identify your own fatigue survey

Talk it out with others to find solutions