The Strong Must Heal, Too
The conversation around emotional healing is crucial, especially for DVMs and those in helping roles.
Compassion fatigue is not burnout; it is a system crash. We expect endless empathy from vets and techs, forgetting they are also carrying our pain. This is a massive failure of Emotional Hygiene.
I wrote a long-form article addressing this crisis. I share my personal story, the systemic roots of DVM burnout, and why we must move from expecting compassion to actively protecting it.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cost-care-compassion-fatigue-crissy-bliss-addams-znphf