hard choices

• dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
• crossroadsMeeting of routes
• sacrificeGiving up something precious
• tradeoffExchange involving sacrifice
• compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice

agonizing · gut-wrenching · torn · weighing · deciding · consequences · regret · stakes · impossible · lose-lose · fork · moral · ethics · burden · sleepless · deliberation · uncertainty · risk