coping with a life-changing event theme

Someone must come to terms with the fact that an event has drastically changed their living conditions and future prospects.

Examples

Captain Picard resigned to living out the remainder of his life as an alien on an unknown planet in tng5x25 "The Inner Light".

5 total · 3 major · 2 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
tng5x25	major	Picard suddenly found himself in an alternative life on an alien planet, and had to come to terms with his new circumstances as he lived out his life there.
tng6x07	major	Picard, Ro, Guinan, and Keiko were suddenly transformed into much younger versions of themselves.
tng7x22	major	Picard suddenly found out that he had a son, and struggled to come to terms with his newfound role as a father.
movie: Parasite (2019)	minor	the Kim family's house was flooded and they had to live in an emergency shelter for some time
tng7x13	minor	Vorin discovered that he had, in fact, been transported from his old primitive life onto a spaceship. Unable to cope with this change, Vorin killed himself.