Well actually, Mental health, Psychology, Books
Psychologist Michael Valdovinos explains the condition, which is now acknowledged in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
To experience moral injury is to be forced to act in ways or to witness actions that contradict your most deeply held convictions.
You can sustain moral injury in one catastrophic event, like hurting an enemy combatant in an armed conflict you don’t believe is just. It can also appear after a slow crescendo of moral distress, as people who work in slaughterhouses or prisons report. Easily mistaken for depression, moral distress frequently presents as sadness or feeling like a bad person.
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