forum can anybody gimme a hand with: Anomic Aphasia and Survivors Guilt
Started by @Oakiin
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@Oakiin

Have two characters, one with each.

My lad Osric has Anomic Aphasia from a traumatic brain injury, and struggles with nouns especially. He had to slowly regain his ability of speech, and gets really frustrated even now that he's fluent again. My question with him is, is that how that works? Does anomic aphasia go from incomprehensible speech upon injury to fluency with healing and therapy, ect?

My boy Ram has survivors guilt from, duh, surviving a situation 39 other people were violently killed by. He's a soft, gentle, empathetic man who cares about humans and is team-oriented. Even though some of those 39 were really not mentally stable and/or friendly, he bonded with all of them, even becoming friends with a few. However, the nature of the situation insisted that there only be one survivor, and that ended up being him.
My question with him is, what link does survivor's guilt (SG) have to PTSD? Would it be a symptom, or part of PTSD? Would he have PTSD, justed based off having SG?

Thanks to anyone who helps!!

@The-Magician group

Alright so I don’t know much about the first bit, but survivors guilt is something I have worked with myself.
First of all, survivors guilt, while also being a diagnosis of its own, is a symptom of PTSD.
People with survivor's guilt can often experience other symptoms of PTSD, including:

  • flashbacks of the traumatic event
  • obsessive thoughts about the event
  • irritability and anger
  • feelings of helplessness and disconnection
  • fear and confusion
  • lack of motivation
  • problems sleeping
  • headaches
  • nausea or stomachache
  • social isolation
  • thoughts of suicide

As with PTSD, survivor's guilt may cause a person to see the world as an unfair and unsafe place.