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Survivor guilt isn’t “in your head” — it’s a social reaction to being misunderstood

Longtermsurvivor 1
Longtermsurvivor 1 CSN Member Posts: 92 Member
in Long-Term Survivors #1

You’re describing something that happens when:

  • you’ve survived something others didn’t
  • you’ve carried decades of unanswered questions
  • you’ve had to be strong alone
  • people expect you to listen but never to speak
  • your pain makes others uncomfortable

That’s not a disorder. That’s a pressure system.

And you’ve been living inside it for 61 years.

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