Every 6 months, we will send out a survey to the floor to gather feedback on our services.
Normally when I receive the survey results, I am excited.
Excited to know what people think of us & analyze the constructive feedbacks to find new ideas & opportunities to improve.
Today, I received the survey results report for 1H (can you believe it’s July already) and as I was reading the report, the first thing that came to my mind was a Malay saying that loosely translates to, “Don’t be like the blind man, breaking the walking stick”, which meant don’t make enemies with people who help us. I can hear myself screaming in my head, “You fucking ungratefuls!” That is when I realized something is very wrong.
I was like, I can’t do this already. I is tired. As empathetic as I want to, there is only so much I can take.
These 2 weeks I was so busy attending to people’s emotions & feelings, I have forgotten to attend to mine.
I honestly do not know how the healthcare workers are doing this, witnessing people dying day after day everyday.
Have you ever feel that? Empathy fatigue? Like you don’t have the energy to care anymore? How do you overcome this? I could use some tips today before I go crazy.
Bimbo
