Tag: psychological effects of survival

Understanding survivor’s guilt and how to overcome it

Survivor’s guilt is that quiet, heavy feeling that shows up when you made it through something traumatic or life-threatening, but others didn’t. It can follow car crashes, violent crime, illness, or even community tragedies. You’re alive and okay, but your mind keeps asking why you and not them. Also see: How to take the ‘guilty’ out […]

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