the troubled world was a bottomless pit of need.for every person she had managed to help elevate one-step higher , there were a thousand more needing something that was always out of her reach.her unyielding logic that each problem had to have a solution left her exhausted and frustrated at the end of each day.this unfortunate phenomenon had landed carol more and more inside her own thoughts instead of listening to patients during counseling sessions.she had become numb in a sense , and was finding it difficult to genuinely respond with anything like honest concern for their pain.there was an immense amount of guilt that went along with the realization of her fading commitment .