I have only just inquired about moral injury. This is exactly how I’ve been feeling regarding my injury. As a Correctional Officer with over 23 years experience I have seen a lot and suffered a lot. More needs to be done regarding this type of injury amongst Correctional officers worldwide. Thank you for sharing.
I worked in an acute care hospital all through the pandemic. Before that, I worked in a homeless shelter, which was ground zero for the opioid overdose crisis, lots of violence, as well as caring for refugees and countless individuals living with serious addictions and mental illness. Interestingly, I don't believe I live with moral injury since, as the video stated, making sense of why injustices happen is the cure for moral injury. I did that decades ago when I accepted that, despite my best efforts, the world is a fundamentally unjust place which I alone can't fix. Realism is what's saved me from experiencing moral injury.
Exactly! I've been trying to help mitigate food waste in a large resort and all the bosses talk about it their liability and self- protection. As for composting, well it would cost money and staff time, yada yada, but the other day they had the gall to hold a pep rally for employees (EMPLOYEES) bragging about how much more money the company made during COVID than they thought they would. UGH! What industry are you coming from John?
This is something every employer needs to protect staff from isn't it. Particularly with mental health providers nurses should be given right to conscientiously object IMO When it's difficult for you to act remember short term pain for long term gain. The converse applies too.
How about when you simply act out and cause a scene because you were told that you were "too ambitious," and then you were prevented from reaching your dream in some way and people took away the one thing that kept you sane as a punishment? I know, that's too hard for some of you to understand. My experience seems to be a unique one. (Oh, by the way, I actually went through this TWICE, except the former one cost me the right to listen to the music that kept me sane and the latter didn't.)
