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

StoryLevelMotivation
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.