Generous, funny, moving, and short: it could be the perfect Oscars speech. 2.50pm Commiserations to Nicolas Cage, who just lost out on a Golden Raspberry Award-the anti-Oscar-for his soul-shaking role in the Christian end-of-the-world thriller Left Behind.
Contrasts Between Compassion Fatigue and Related Concepts. Compassion Fatigue is the latest in an evolving concept that is known in the field of Traumatology as Secondary traumatic stress. Most often this phenomenon is associated with the cost of caring (Figley, 1982) for others in emotional pain. There are a number of terms that describe this phenomenon.
Self-compassion is extending compassion to one's self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. Kristin Neff has defined self-compassion as being composed of three main components â self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. 1  Self-kindness: Self-compassion entails being warm towards oneself when encountering pain and personal shortcomings, rather than ignoring them or hurting oneself with self-criticism.