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'''Survivor's guilt''' was the mental condition that resulted from the appraisal that a person had done wrong by surviving traumatic events, such as combat or disasters. The effect of survivor's guilt depended on the individual person’s own psychological make-up. | '''Survivor's guilt''' was the mental condition that resulted from the appraisal that a person had done wrong by surviving traumatic events, such as combat or disasters. The effect of survivor's guilt depended on the individual person’s own psychological make-up. | ||
Apparent sufferers included [[Bernice Summerfield]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'') and the Doctor's [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | Apparent sufferers included [[Bernice Summerfield]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'') and the Doctor's [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Ironically, the [[Eighth Doctor]] had insisted that he was psychologically incapable of experiencing such a thing after [[Marnal]] insisted he had survivor's guilt due to the Time Lords being wiped out during the [[Second War in Heaven]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 17:25, 11 June 2011
Survivor's guilt was the mental condition that resulted from the appraisal that a person had done wrong by surviving traumatic events, such as combat or disasters. The effect of survivor's guilt depended on the individual person’s own psychological make-up.
Apparent sufferers included Bernice Summerfield (NA: Love and War) and the Doctor's ninth incarnation. (DW: Dalek) Ironically, the Eighth Doctor had insisted that he was psychologically incapable of experiencing such a thing after Marnal insisted he had survivor's guilt due to the Time Lords being wiped out during the Second War in Heaven. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)
