Empathic distress fatigue rather than compassion fatigue? Integrating findings from empathy research in psychology and social neuroscience

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The Bright Side of Being Prosocial at Work, and the Dark Side, Too: A Review and Agenda for Research on Other-Oriented Motives, Behavior, and Impact in Organizations (2016, background): “Interestingly, Klimecki and Singer (2012) argue that compassion fatigue is not the result of time and energy invested in helping others, but rather driven by exposure to the suffering of others and the inability to help (see also Schulz et al., 2007).”
The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Conflict Resolution (2019, background): “With the vivid interest in the topic of empathy, it is not surprising that there are many—sometimes discrepant—definitions of empathy and related phenomena (Batson, 2009; Klimecki & Singer, 2012, 2013).”
The neural basis of empathy. (2012, background): “…as compassion, sympathy, and empathic concern, which may further promote prosocial behavior; conversely, contagion and empathy may also induce aversive distress responses that can lead to withdrawal behavior motivated by the desire to protect oneself from negative emotions (Klimecki & Singer 2012).”