The Bigger Pain Point than PTSD + the Suprising Cure (Moral Injury)

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In this talk we take you straight to the Warrior Hope curriculum, to the lesson where we discuss Moral Injury.

Whereas PTSD takes the form of “fight vs flight” and is a response to an external threat, Moral Injury most often looks like guilt and/or shame… and is a response to internal threats.

With Moral Injury, you feel like YOU are the problem.

(Or, more accurately, what you have seen, experienced, done, or not done creates that problem.)

Our best guess it that of the 22 warriors who fall victim to suicide each day, most struggled with Moral Injury morseso than PTSD.

That said, here are the three takeaways to listen for— 

👉 Moral Injury is different than PTSD (and must be seen as such).

We’ll outline the differences in more detail in this talk.

👉 You just address the hurt you want to heal.

If you break your right arm, placing your left in a cast won’t heal it. The same is true with Moral Injury and PTSD— you must “cast” the “broken bone” you want to heal.

👉 Freedom is STILL found when you gain courage and step into the light. 

The way forward— especially for Moral Injury— is heading straight into the light (of course, guilt and shame HATE the light and contend for you to stay in the dark). 

When you walk into the light, though, freedom comes almost naturally… 

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Warriors on Mission = connect veterans to their next mission. The most common obstacles we see are 1) isolation and 2) unresolved hurts / unprocessed pain of the past. Finding that next mission matters because 1) you have a purpose, and 2) there are people who are going the affected (for the good!) by you living that mission. Those people include your family, your friends, and fellow service members…

Learn more at http://Warriorsonmission.org 

The Centers of Hope = https://thecentersofhope.org 

Stream Invisible Scars (PTSD) or Honoring the Code (Moral Injury) here: https://thecentersofhope.org/films/ 

Warrior Hope book = https://thecentersofhope.org/product/warrior-hope-basic-training-for-living-on-mission/ 

Warrior Hope online course = https://thecentersofhope.org/online-courses/