I sometimes wonder if I’m the only person in the world who gets weary from hearing about other people’s problems, misfortunes, and issues. I’m not saying that I don’t care. I’m not saying that their problems aren’t real. I’m not saying that global disasters aren’t important. All I’m saying is that I get depleted. It was so heartening to learn that there’s an actual name for what I'm feeling. It’s called compassion fatigue and we're going to explore it in this episode.
