经历过太多感同身受的同情后，我们有时会产生淡漠情绪。比如在应对了太频繁或太多次慈善诉求后，而对苦难中的人们表示冷漠，这就是“同情疲劳”。

 

Compassion¹ fatigue², also known as secondary traumatic stress (STS), is a condition characterized by a gradual lessening³ of compassion over time.

“同情疲劳”也称为继发性创伤压力，这一症状的特征是随着时间的推移逐渐失去同情心。

 

Sufferers can exhibit several symptoms including hopelessness, a decrease in experiences of pleasure, constant stress and anxiety, sleeplessness⁴ or nightmares, and a pervasive⁵ negative attitude.

“同情疲劳”的患者可以表现出多种症状，包括无望感、越来越体会不到快乐、总是感到压力和焦虑、失眠或做噩梦，以及普遍的负面情绪。

 

最容易出现“同情疲劳”的人群，正是那些最经常帮助他人的人——照顾危重病人的医护人员，开导痛苦人群的心理工作者，向灾民伸出援手的救灾队员，以及最心软最慷慨的频繁捐赠者。

 

This can have detrimental⁶ effects on individuals, both professionally and personally, including a decrease in productivity, the inability to focus, and the development of new feelings of incompetency⁷ and self-doubt.

这可能对个人有不利影响，无论是在工作上还是在个人生活方面，包括效率降低、无法集中注意力、越发感到能力不足和自我怀疑。

 

Journalism⁸ analysts⁹ argue that the media has caused widespread compassion fatigue in society by saturating¹⁰ newspapers and news shows with often decontextualized images and stories of tragedy and suffering. This has caused the public to become cynical¹¹, or become resistant¹² to helping¹³ people who are suffering.

新闻业分析家认为，媒体在社会中导致了广泛的同情疲劳。报纸和新闻节目大肆使用经常去情境化的悲剧图片和故事，这导致公众更加愤世嫉俗，或者更不愿意帮助受难的人们。

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