survivor guilt theme
Someone has strong feelings of guilt associated with surviving an event in which others perished.
12 total · 3 choice · 3 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e2x01 | choice | We are given to understand that severe survivor guilt caused James to experience a (possibly real or imagined) enactment of the event that had killed his fellow crewmen while he himself was sick. |
| tz1959e4x02 | choice | Chief Bell was wracked with guilt over having been the lone survivor of a submarine sinking that, at least in his mind, happened as a result of his error. |
| voy5x06 | choice | Harry |
| ahp5x30 | major | Doctor Tebaldi speculated that Charles was having trouble sleeping on account that he'd survived a house fire that's left his wife dead - a charge that Charles flat out denied. |
| tz2002e1x23 | major | Andy felt that it was him who should have died in the fiery car wreck, rather than his childhood friend Marco. |
| voy5x03 | major | B'Elanna guilty she lived when all her Maquis compatriots died |
| bbf1x15 | minor | Jinxo expressed guilt over having been the only survivor of the destruction of each of the first four Babylon space stations. |
| bbf4x21 | minor | Ivanova was upset Marcus died to save her |
| ent2x10 | minor | Tucker felt guilty over having let Hoshi go first thought the transporter. |
| movie: The Incredible Hulk: Death in the Family (1977) | minor | Julie felt guilty that she survived the butane explosion but her father didn't. |