How teams share the emotional load of a campaign
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A campaign's emotional load, the worry, the disappointment of setbacks, the pressure of a deadline, does not disappear simply because nobody names it out loud, and if it settles unevenly onto one or two people, it can quietly wear them down faster than the actual workload itself.
Sharing that load starts with naming it openly, acknowledging that campaign work carries a real emotional cost rather than treating any sign of strain as somehow separate from the task itself, which is the first step toward distributing it more fairly across a whole team, rather than letting it settle quietly onto whoever happens to be most available.
Practical steps, rotating difficult tasks, checking in regularly with whoever is carrying the heaviest part of a campaign, and normalising asking for help, all help spread emotional load more evenly, which tends to make a whole team more resilient over the life of a campaign together.