Emotional exhaustion

Humans are prone to the lovely adventures of emotional rollercoasters, and they are more likely to experience these “life crises” when they are in their teen years because they are experiencing changes in their hormones. Anxiety is one of these lovely treasures. Columbia University states, “Many students…

When a PTSD sufferer's muscles are constantly tense and 'ready for action' this can cause them physical as well as emotional pain. Massage can help ease pain, prepare muscles for extra stress and pressure and reduce the effect of physical wounds. It can trigger the body's relaxation response, breaking the cycle of fight or flight. Positive touch stimulates the parasympathetic…

in regards to patient care or other matter in general (McKenna, Smith, Poole, & Coverdale, 2003.) This sort of behavior form nursing colleagues can reduce the new graduate’s confidents and leads to low self-esteem as well as resulting in emotional exhaustion (Laschinger, Grau, Finegan, & Wilk, 2010.) MeKenna et al. states that a nurse’s new graduate year is an important “building phase: in their career and bullying can impact this process, making many new graduates want to discontinue their…

Introduction Children and Family Services (CFS) caseworkers have a demanding and difficult job due to high caseloads, complex clients, and insurmountable amount of paperwork. Given these reasons, CFS workers struggle with exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and burnout. This study was conducted to determine if CFS workers in Region 2 suffer from compassion fatigue and what can be done to help alleviate some risk factors attributed to compassion fatigue. The Problem Compassion fatigue has been…

order to focus and clarify the crucial aspects about the character in a story. The story lines that move us most, the ones that will be trapped inside our minds decades later, are those inhabited by characters the reader can connect with on a deep emotional level. No one character can grasp in the course of a story what they need to learn in order to give in or overcome their own limitations and flaws without first undergoing rigorous trials. The bumpy path of individual growth and development a…

encourages an emotional response from the audience through a variety of techniques including the aboriginal gaze and highlighting the immense pain and anguish of the main characters. For example the scene in which Molly and Daisy are in the unbearable heat walking bare foot home when Molly collapses from exhaustion we are encouraged to feel empathetic towards Molly. This combination enables the filmmaker to utilize the conventions of both film and documentary in eliciting an emotional response…

death situations. The problem with this is doctors still deal with stress just like anyone else would in a different profession. The major difference here is the fact that another human being’s life may be on the line. Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances which is what doctors are faced with, in their line of work. Medical doctors are entrusted to remain calm and focused under imminent life altering events. Ironically,…

with the disease are very involved at first with their treatment, but grow more distant as the treatment presses on. This is called getting “burned out”, and it is very common when supporting a person with cancer. However, people with cancer need emotional support throughout all of the time with the…

he most common reason for a conductive loss of hearing in children is the condition otitis media with effusion, or also known as glue ear. Hearing loss typically occurs in part of the outer ear if it is congested. This then causes the sound waves incapable of reaching the middle or inner section of the ear. A conductive hearing loss can transpire in the outer or middle ear region containing poor conduction of sound along the channels leading primarily to the inner part of the ear. Due to this,…

In my case, the onset was rapid. After experiencing the rigors of fatigue, increased weakness and shortness of breath, and a growing number of falls, I reached a point where I could no longer ambulate and my breathing capacity was diminished to 30%. This swift decline all occurred between the fall 2009 and the fall of 2011. I had been through five Neurologists before I landed at the ALS Clinic in San Antonio. I finally got the shocking diagnosis on Nov. 2nd 2011; “ALS” (amyotrophic lateral…