Moral Injury and Collective Grief: When the World Breaks Our Sense of Right and Wrong

Moral injury and collective grief are rising amid systemic injustice. If you find yourself overwhelmed by sadness, anger, or moral despair in response to what you’re seeing and hearing, it doesn’t mean something is broken in you. It means you are human and attentive to suffering and injustice. Therapy can be a space where moral pain and collective grief are named, honored, and held with care, rather than minimized or medicalized.