Emotional exhaustion

Gregory Maguire has remarked, “People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of ”(Goodreads). During WWII, Hitler believed that what he was doing to millions of innocent people was for the good of his nation. This makes him a truly evil character in history. The prisoners of his death factories included the Jewish people, Roma, homosexuals, and political…

relationships I 'm Elizabeth Reames, avid music lover, Life Coach, and Author. Today 's installment is the first of four parts in the mini-series I call The Broken Road. In this session, we 're addressing two related topics; one, identifying emotional triggers that cause us extreme pain and discomfort in our second marriage, and two, minimizing the effect of one source of that pain, baggage from prior relationships. We 'll be learning which bags we need to put down, and which ones we need…

Moral Distress Ganske (2010) examined moral distress in nursing education through a systematic review of the literature. Moral distress is, “the stress that occurs when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action” (Ganske, 2010, p. 2). The author determined that moral distress is associated with student incivility, cheating, bullying, low academic admission standards, and cultural issues. Ganske (2010) suggests…

Irony of The Story of an Hour In The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin uses contextual symbolism and irony to criticize American societal oppression of married women during the nineteenth century. It is also important to note Chopin’s prolific use of labyrinthine language and elusive wording to cause her audience to augment on all the veiled meanings portrayed within her short story. Chopin’s most cleverly masked weapon used is the teasing language contrived to tempt the audience to make…

Exploring Caregiver Burnout in Older Adults Caring for Their Sick Spouse Background Caregiver burnout occurs when an individual suffers from physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion as a result of continuous caregiving (Alpert, 2014). Informal caregivers, such as family members or friends, are at a high risk for caregiver burnout because of their inadequate training to manage increased care demands. Caregiver burnout, also known as caregiver stress, is a growing concern in our society today…

that the sinking of the Lusitania happened very quickly may lead some to think that the experience was not as intense psychologically as Katrina. However, though the duration of both tragedies was quite different, many survivors walked away with emotional scars for the rest of their lives. Some stories from the survivors of the Lusitania are horrific, as their life boats would sink because they were not properly equipped for floatation, and many drowned. Reports of witnessing the mass grave the…

Goleman and Boyatzis break down the biological aspects of the brain and bring to light a concept that social intelligence can be explained by social neuroscience or the study of what happens to the brain when people interact. Neuroscientist say that behaviors exhibited by leaders, such as empathy, directly affect not only their own brain chemistry, but also the brain chemistry of their followers. They say that the leader-follower dynamic is more of a fused system rather than independent minds…

strength, sacrifice, and adaptability. My mother always told me, "Being a parent is not for cowards." She was right. Parenting causes me to tap into mental and emotional reservoirs I never knew existed. Parenting alone only intensifies that. It takes endless amounts of strength to do what I do. It takes strength to parent through the utter exhaustion of day to day life, and doing it alone means there is no one to lean on when you think you can't go any further. Part of parenting also means…

becomes a real problem with potentially devastating consequences to your mental, emotional and physical well-being. Without the determination to survive, your life prospects and happiness will fall into an irreversible downward spiral with potentially tragic consequences…

physical strain. While hazing is not the goal, Nate explained to me that there is a necessary means to break down the individual to build up the team. This is not to say that basic is easy, but more in the sense that physical, mental, and emotion exhaustion must occur before the platoon or group can be built up under the name of the United States Army. As a bystander to the US’s military efforts who sits comfortably at home, it is easy to lose the concept behind why these men and women decide to…