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Definition of Survivor guilt

1. Noun. A deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died. "Survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Survivor Guilt

Literary usage of Survivor guilt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Disaster Response and Recovery: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals by Diane Meyers (1996)
"... moodiness Distressing dreams Guilt or "survivor guilt" Feeling overwhelmed, hopeless Feeling isolated, lost, or abandoned Apathy Identification with ..."

2. Researching Violently Divided Societies: Ethical and Methodological Issues by Marie Smyth, Gillian Robinson, INCORE. (2001)
"Mollica (1991), for example, has observed very low levels of survivor guilt among Khmer refugees living in the Site Two refugee camps along the ..."

3. Psychosocial Issues for Children and Families in Disasters: A Guide for the by Stanford B. Friedman (1996)
"... survivor guilt, suspicion of outsiders, apathy, depression, and withdrawal may occur. Hostility and violence toward others, pessimism about the future, ..."

4. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"Rather, somatization of psychological distress caused by survivor guilt, severe culture shock, and combat-related experiences are thought to be the cause. ..."

5. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Ad Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement by Ramesh Chandra Thakur, Albrecht Schnabel (2001)
"Some officers felt as if they were "traitors" and suffered from "survivor guilt". Some have become obsessed with Timor and will take a long time to get over ..."

6. Prophets and Profits: Managerialism and the Restructuring of Jewish Schools by Chaya Herman (2006)
"I read into this a sense of 'survivor's guilt' (Vermeulen & Wiesner, 2000) partly manifested in 'blaming the victim'. Even though it was perceived that ..."

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