survivor guilt
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
Survivor syndrome; Survivor's guilt; KZ Syndrome; Survivors guilt; Auschwitz syndrome; Auswitsch Syndrome; Auswitch Syndrome; Survivor's syndrome; Survivor Guilt; Survivor's Guilt
the strange feeling in the pit of your stomach when your coworkers have been laid off, yet you remain employed. simultaneously feeling selfishly joyous and sympathetically sorry that you still have a job when others around you don't.
bill experienced survivor guilt when karen told him she had just been laid off.