What's the Difference Between Stress, Trauma, and Burnout?

What’s the Difference Between Stress, Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, and Burnout

Stress, trauma, and burnout are hot topics in humanitarian mental health. Humanitarians are at risk for all three.

Understanding the difference between them can help you use appropriate prevention strategies, spot early warning signs, and recognize when you need extra support.

That's why we wanted to share this conversation between Yesim and Gail Theisen-Womersley, Senior Staff Counsellor for UNHCR.

Listen now and learn :

  • The difference between stress, trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout

  • Why mutual care matters more than self-care

  • How to use the butterfly hug to help yourself and your colleagues

Click below to listen and let us know what you think in the comments.