Impact Trust • Working glossary
Crisis fatigue / polycrisis fatigue
People and institutions get tired of constant emergencies.
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Our Take
Accessible, captures a real phenomenon without much jargon. Consider the emotional and cognitive exhaustion that erodes the capacity to respond to each successive crisis. Increasingly relevant as overlapping crises become the norm rather than the exception.
Examples of Use
Analysts, humanitarian actors
Synonyms/Variants
Donor fatigue, Compassion fatigue, Emergency fatigue
Typical everyday wording
Exhaustion from to mny crises, Burnout
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