Survivor's guilt: How to move forward after tragedy or loss

Learning to live alongside the upsets of those closest to us is important so that we can support not only ourselves in difficult circumstances but also those closest to us.

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When we think of the psychological phenomenon of survivors' guilt, we think about a death, loss, surviving or witnessing a tragedy, and facing a torrent of emotions after such a traumatic event. 

But this guilt is not always embedded in surviving a death when someone else sadly did not.