The Effects

• Emotions such as guilt, self-disgust, shame, anger, rage, sadness, and anxiety appear
• You experience feelings of deep disillusionment with institutions, people, and yourself
• You suffer an existential crisis that often leads to depression
• Psychosomatic effects occur. For instance, insomnia, muscle pain, headaches, gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, exhaustion, etc.

Moral injury is often translated into an ‘acute stress response’, an effect similar to post-traumatic stress disorder.