PTSD Workbook by Mary Beth Williams

Author:Mary Beth Williams [Williams, Mary Beth and Soili Poijula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SELF HELP
ISBN: 9781608821488
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2011-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Matsakis (1999) says that healing from survivor guilt does not mean that you are to forget what you did or forget those who were hurt or who died. It also does not mean that you will never have regret or guilt again. It does mean that you will look at your responsibility in the events realistically and honestly and will let go of at least some of the destructive ways you use to punish yourself. Part of healing from survivor guilt is to grieve the losses. Ways to deal with loss are found later in this chapter.

Another way to deal with survivor guilt is to find restorative experiences that are economic, vocational, political, or interpersonal and that allow you to help others or somehow atone for what happened before. Matsakis describes seven stages of healing from survivor guilt (1999, 164–165). You can refer to this seven-step process as you complete many exercises in this book:

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