Survivor guilt
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"Survivor's Guilt" redirects here. For the Mozzy album, see Survivor's Guilt (album). For the Haley Blais song, see Wisecrack (album). For the Joey Badass song, see 2000 (Joey Badass album).
Survivor guilt or survivor's guilt (but also survivor syndrome, survivor's syndrome, survivor disorder and survivor's disorder) is a mental condition that occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumatic or tragic event when others did not.[1]
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The experience and manifestation of survivor's guilt will depend on an individual's psychological profile. When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) was published, survivor guilt was removed as a recognized specific diagnosis, and redefined as a significant symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).