--- title: Physician Burnout to Physician Wellness - One Doctor at a Time | compassion fatigue description: compassion fatigue | Stop Physician Burnout, Build Better Physician Leaders | The Happy MD --- [![Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg?width=995&height=146&name=Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg "Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W")](https://www.thehappymd.com) ## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout ** [![prevent doctor burnout matrix](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86) # [Physician Burnout and the Four Phases of Compassion Fatigue](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-and-the-four-stages-of-compassion-fatigue) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/compassion%20fatigue%20and%20physician%20burnout%20fill%20your%20emotional%20bank%20account.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-and-the-four-stages-of-compassion-fatigue) ## **Compassion Fatigue is one of the psychological consequences of being a doctor** Losing the ability to feel empathy, sympathy and compassion for your patients is a constant risk for all of us. **This is a consequence of your choice to *become a Lightworker* years ago.** That choice guaranteed our exposure to the trauma, tragedy and agony of our patient's struggles. No one teaches you that compassion is a finite resource that must be regularly refilled or physician burnout is inevitable for all of us. **In this blog post, let me show you** - why doctors are at unique risk for Compassion Fatigue and burnout ... it is the result of a decision you made long ago - how to recognize Compassion Fatigue - the four phases of Compassion Fatigue – where do you stand? - a specific method to restore your Emotional Energy Reserves and recover from your own Compassion Fatigue - and finish with a set of online Compassion Fatigue resources if you would like more tools or to study this important topic in more detail *========== **This is Blog Post #297* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== ## **The Origin of this Lightworker’s Dilemma** **Let’s start at the beginning ** ** – the point in time where you chose to become a doctor in the first place** You remember that fork in the road? Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [compassion fatigue](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/compassion-fatigue) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-and-the-four-stages-of-compassion-fatigue) # [Talk to Your Doctor so Your Doctor Will Listen](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290393/talk-to-your-doctor-so-your-doctor-will-listen) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/file-50132372-jpg/images/talk-to-your-doctor-compassion-fatigue-physician-burnout-dike-drummond_opt.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290393/talk-to-your-doctor-so-your-doctor-will-listen) ## **Talk to Your Doctor so Your Doctor Will Listen** **The most common complaint about physicians on the internet is, “They didn’t listen to me”.** You were sitting in the office and the doctor was physically present in the room, but they weren’t all there. Even worse is when the doctor doesn’t try to understand what you are going through. Sometimes it can seem like they didn’t even care. Let me give you a suggestion on how to talk to your doctor so your doctor will listen. 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