Feeling 'Worn Out'? Your Heart May Pay the Price [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 11/19/1412:00 PM

Otherwise healthy people on the verge of burning out are more likely to develop heart disease, according to new research.

Those suffering from so-called vital exhaustion -- a toxic combination of fatigue, irritability and demoralization -- have a 36 percent increased risk of developing heart disease, researchers report.

"In our increasingly busy lives, we're just under a lot of stress. And I think, when that stress is left unchecked for a period of time, it can start to eat away at our psychological and physical well-being," said study co-author Dr. Randy Cohen, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt hospitals in New York City.

Results of his research show that vital exhaustion is on par with other proven psychological risk factors for heart disease, including depression and anxiety, Cohen added.

[For more of this story, written by Dennis Thompson, go to http://consumer.healthday.com/...he-price-693735.html]

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Steven DahlMember

http://www.proqol.org/Compassion_Fatigue.html

Some may find research on compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout to be both personally and professionally relevant. I benefited from a better understanding of this through the research/resources you can access through the link found above. Great "care givers" must also be great "care takers" and as it turns out there is a skillset and mindset to doing this well.

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