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How to cope with survivor guilt after medical trauma

I survived but my friend with the same disease did not and I cannot understand why I deserved to live more than she did.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Random survival can feel like an indictment rather than a gift when others equally deserving do not receive the same grace.

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