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Being able to share is tough... you feel like it might taint [your family and friends’] view of you.

Dan Alfaro (US Army, 2002-2014) describes why it's hard to talk about moral injury with his friends.

Transcript

I have a close group of friends.

I have a close group of people
that I

am able to share that with,
and I'm lucky in that sense.

But being able to share

that kind of stuff with people
who you're going to see and have

a continued relationship
with is tough

because you feel like
it might taint

their view of you.

And that's certainly
one thing I don't want to do.

I don't want to compound the way

that I already feel
about myself by

feeling
like someone else is also

either, you know,

feeling sad for me or

feeling like maybe something

that I do is a bad thing
and feeling judged.

It's hard to share with
people that are in your life.

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