Moral injury happens when something you witnessed, did, or failed to prevent cuts against what you believe is right, and you haven't been able to make peace with it. Unlike ordinary stress, moral injury is about feeling like something fundamental was broken, sometimes in yourself, sometimes in the institutions or people you trusted. The weight of that tends not to lift on its own.
Therapy focused on moral injury takes your values seriously rather than treating them as symptoms to manage. It offers a place to sit with what happened, to grieve what you couldn't control, and to work toward a kind of integrity that feels honest rather than forced. That process looks different for everyone, but it almost always involves being heard without judgment on the weight of what you're carrying.
Shift Collab, Toronto, Ontario, Canada