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Compassion fatigue:
exactly
what it sounds like;
an
emotionally and physically
exhaustive state
triggered by caring
too hard
for someone--
especially
someone who
is mentally ill.
In high school,
my "friends"
diagnosed themselves with
compassion fatigue.
They made it clear that I was
too neurotic
too much to
handle
even though--
even fucking though--
they were the ones
who taught me to cut in places
where no one would think
of looking
(stomach
thighs
feet )
what to use
(safety pins & scissors &...)
Even called the
razor blade
in my hand
beautiful
and then
demonized
me for
bleeding
Image Source:
Hand reaching for drowning person (n.d.). [image] Available at: rebloggy.com [Accessed 9 Dec. 2020]
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