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CANDC · Mar 28, 2022 at 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by willowtigger

Please forgive me for being stupid, does survivors guilt cause greif to become something in need of being counted as a psychological problem thing?

Survivors Guilt

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is a particular kind of guilt that develops in people who have survived a life-threatening situation. Some survivors feel guilty that they survived when others died. Others believe they could have done more to save the lives of others. And then there are those who feel guilty that another person died saving them.

While survivor's guilt was originally used to describe feelings that survivors of the Holocaust experienced, it has also been applied to a number of life-threatening situations, including car accidents, wars, and natural disasters.

Survivor's guilt is also common in those who have survived medical traumas. For instance, those who lived through the AIDS epidemic have described feelings of guilt related to their own survival while others, including friends or family, died.1 Some cancer survivors also experience this guilt if they survive a diagnosis but others don't.

I think any type of grief that disrupts life or causes us to be unable to function is in the area of mental health.