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The Vicarious Trauma Institute defines vicarious trauma as the “indirect exposure to trauma through a first-hand account or narrative of a traumatic event.” Vicarious...
Vicarious trauma is the experience of absorbing others’ pain in times of their distress so deeply that it affects your own well-being. It’s closely related to concepts like empathy fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious distress and caretaker burnout.
Definition of Vicarious Trauma The emotional residue of exposure to traumatic stories and experiences of others through work; witnessing fear, pain, and terror that others have experienced; a pre-occupation with
Vicarious trauma is an occupational challenge for people working and volunteering in the fields of victim services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire services, and other allied professions, due to their continuous exposure to victims of trauma and violence.
Vicarious trauma (VT) is defined as unfavorable changes, both affective and cognitive, resulting from exposure to second-hand traumatic material. (Jimenez et al., 2021b)
Vicarious trauma, sometimes called secondary traumatic stress, occurs when a person is exposed or has continuous exposure to the trauma of another indirectly, usually through hearing or seeing a firsthand account of it.
Vicarious trauma is a traumatic response to witnessing another person's trauma, pain, or suffering. Learn about vicarious trauma, how to cope if you experience it, and ways to prevent it.
Vicarious trauma is exposure to someone else’s trauma. It can have a significant mental health impact and, if not mitigated against or treated post-traumatic stress disorder. What’s traumatic is personal. Other people can’t fully know how we feel about our own experiences or whether they were traumatic for us.
Vicarious trauma is a process of change resulting from empathetic engagement with trauma survivors. Anyone who engages empathetically with survivors of traumatic incidents, torture, and material relating to their trauma, is potentially affected, including doctors and other health professionals.
Vicarious Trauma is an ongoing process of change over time that results from witnessing or hearing about other people’s pain and suffering. It may feel overwhelming to hear about an intense trauma so personal reactions are delayed as you focus on the task at hand.