Burnout & Empathic Health · 90 secs
Compassion Fatigue Test: Free Empathic Burnout & Emotional Exhaustion Screener
Drained by listening to others, emotionally blunted, or cynical towards loved ones? Free 12-item clinical screener based on Charles Figley's Compassion Fatigue Model and Christina Maslach's Burnout Inventory.
Scientific Overview
Compassion fatigue is the profound physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion that occurs when an individual absorbs the suffering and trauma of others without adequate emotional buffering. It leads to empathic depletion, protective cynicism, and vicarious trauma.
What This Assessment Evaluates
- Measures empathic depletion, sensory saturation, and inability to resonate with others' feelings
- Assesses protective cynicism, irritable numbness, and emotional callousness as survival defenses
- Evaluates vicarious trauma, absorbed distress, and secondhand emotional burden
- Provides somatic recovery exercises, emotional boundaries, and caring detachment protocols
How to Take This Test
- Answer honestly based on your experience over the past 7 days.
- There are no right or wrong answers; trust your initial emotional reaction.
- Receive your personalized score breakdown, mascot insight, and custom journaling prompts immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue?
Burnout is typically a gradual reaction to workplace workload and systemic stress. Compassion fatigue specifically arises from empathic engagement with others' suffering, often accompanied by secondary traumatic stress symptoms.
Can non-healthcare workers get compassion fatigue?
Yes. Parents, teachers, managers, supportive friends, and highly sensitive individuals (HSPs) frequently suffer from compassion fatigue from continually absorbing emotional weight.
Medical Disclaimer
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