compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue is the mental meltdown that occurs when one has serviced others' emotional needs past all limits, only to find one's own empathy battery flatlining. It's the paradox of a selfless care plan with unlimited data—until the provider's heart declares bankruptcy. While you're busy downloading everyone's sorrows, no one notices you buffering at zero percent. A cruel comedy where the unpaid emotional toll is billed to your brain, but the clientele never gets the invoice.