This World is Exhausting, don’t Let it Exhaust You: Setting Emotional Boundaries to Prevent Fatigue

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Mary Kate Schutt, Syracuse UniversityFollow

Description/Abstract

How can you show compassion and empathy without draining your emotional energy? This issue brief provides tips on how to set personal boundaries to prevent emotional exhaustion.

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Document Type

Issue Brief

Keywords

mental health, emotional exhaustion, empathy fatigue, compassion fatigue

Disciplines

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Other Mental and Social Health

Date

6-9-2020

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Acknowledgements

My thanks to Shannon Monnat for helpful suggestions on earlier drafts.

Recommended Citation

Schutt, Mary Kate, "This World is Exhausting, don’t Let it Exhaust You: Setting Emotional Boundaries to Prevent Fatigue" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 41.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/41

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