I just came across an excerpt from what looks like an interesting new book, Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War, by Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabrielle Lettini. It seems a central aim of the book is to add to our understanding of post-war trauma — now considered mainly an issue of either physical harm or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) — the new concept “moral injury.” Take a look: Moral injury is not Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but often overlaps with it. Many books on veteran healing confuse and conflate them into one thing. The difference between them is partly physical. Post-Traumatic Stress occurs in response to prolonged, extreme trauma and is a fear-victim reaction to danger. It produces hormones that affect the parts of…
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