Yes, survivor guilt is a real thing. There's no logical basis in it, but it occurs even in civilian life like in a plane crash. I often feel guilty because I wasn't drafted during Viet Nam, however, so glad I wasn't.
People often ask themselves, "why did I survive when women and children died".
It has always been very prevalent in the military.
Everybody had their own war.
And everybody brought their own war home.
I don't question anybody else's war.
As learned at the National PTSD Program, Menlo Park, Ca.
Graduated about this time of Month December 1995