Recognizing and Treating Moral Injury - with Bill Nash, MD

Moral injury is not necessarily a new phenomenon in the human experience, but it’s a relatively young concept in the field of psychology.

The research is still evolving – but we’re discovering more about the overlapping similarities and key differences between moral injury and PTSD.

And as leading researchers like Bill Nash, MD uncover more insights, they’re finding that conventional trauma interventions may not be fully effective in treating this form of trauma.

In the video, Bill shares an example of a moral injury and how trauma symptoms can persist if we don’t account for it in treatment.

[chinookvalley]

A doktor butchered me. He was supposed to do a tiny biopsy, but he pulled off a HUGE area of flesh and never biopsied it. I was awake. I've lived with nightmares ever since, nerve damage, MRSA, and the fear of still having cancer. He thot he was god. He never apologized and he was wacked out during the surgery. I have been told numerous times by his peers he was high on cocaine. He has no MORAL EMOTION. He should be in prison, but I couldn't find an attorney to take the case. How do we get over these horrid atrocities if the people responsible - aren't held responsible?

[mailill]

I feel sad for this family and the father and the child. The lesson from this should be:
All dog are natural predators and should never, ever, be alone with young children, no matter if you feel you can trust the dogs. My impression is, dogs don't always understand what a toddler is, and some react with fear and/or aggression, or just a burst of predator instinct. .
I kind of wish I hadn't seen this video, as I am already scared of dogs and really don't need more horror stories. The reason for my fear is that I have known several dogs belonging to others that ended up hurting/biting somebody seemingly out of the blue, but with a history of increasingly neurotic/aggressive behaviour. My impression is that so many dog owners are not really capable of training or controlling dogs - and also don't give them enough exercise and also let them be alone too much - and that they don't take problematic behaviour seriously until something really bad happens, and that they are taking risks with other people's safety.
Also, many tend to buy/get breeds that should only be owned by people with special skills.

In my aerea there are so many huge dogs of "sharp" or difficult breeds, and I am glad I don't have small children here.

Sorry about ranting off topic, but I get so triggered by all these stories.

Edit: I would of course not rant like this to a father that has experienced the family dog hurting his child, it is not something he needs to hear.

[Knifymoloko]

So this is the crux of PTSD it seems like