This Too Shall Pass?

Honest Words for Moral Injury

By: Alex Parkview

Narrated by: Mark Cyr

Moral injury isn't PTSD—it's the deeper wound when your own conscience turns against you.

If you're a veteran, first responder, medic, or survivor carrying the invisible scar of moral injury—the gut-deep violation of your core values in high-stakes moments—this book speaks directly to you.

You've done (or couldn't stop) something that contradicts everything you believed was right. The system cleared you. Paperwork says "justified." But the mirror never does. Shame whispers unforgivable. Faith feels like ash. Grace sounds like a platitude. And the question lingers: How do you live with a conscience that won't forgive what happened?

This is not another quick-fix PTSD guide or feel-good promise that "this too shall pass." Moral injury doesn't vanish. The scar stays. But it doesn't have to own you.

In this honest, unflinching book, you'll find:

• Clear naming of the wound—what moral injury really is, how it differs from PTSD, and why it attacks faith at its roots

• Real stories and research showing how the breach happens (gray-zone choices, betrayal by systems, survival under fire)

• Scripture that meets the wounded conscience—no cheap answers, just lament, presence, and grace that doesn't demand forgetting

• Practical, no-BS tools for the long haul: structured lament, music as a bridge, trigger grounding, boundaries, journaling with mercy

• Guidance for living with the scar—reclaiming identity, finding quieter faith, small acts of redemption

• Words for companions (spouses, pastors, friends) on how to stay present without rushing or fixing

For veterans carrying moral injury after combat, first responders haunted by triage decisions, anyone whose conscience bears the weight of impossible choices—this is honest words for the long road.

©2026 Alex Parkview (P)2026 Alex Parkview

Not just for patients with PTSD but anybody that can use this type of help

This little novella of just about an hour and 45 minutes or so, by the great Alex Parkview and narrated by Mark Cyr (hopefully you two are friends by now 🙂). Just like the title says, this is a book of honest words for moral injuries.
Starting with the cover…just look at that beautiful cover, makes you think and smile just looking at it. Then comes the dedication and the introduction. It not only talks about PTSD but compares it giving us his humble opinion.
At the end of every chapter he asks a few questions so you can reflect and ask yourself or ask/answer to somebody else that you trust and they can listen to your answers and what have been bothering you.
In every chapter the author also tells the reader how everybody gives us the same idea on how we should live instead of being in a bad mood or depressed all the time. They tell you “it is what it is” or “to live by God’s example” or “at least you’re alive now” and the list goes on.
Nobody knows how to live in your shoes, just you. You, who lived them.