Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Our second thematic episode focuses on survivor guilt! How does Emma Frost cope with all of the horrible things she's encountered? What impact does being the Last Son of Krypton have on Superman? Anthony & Doc break it all down - listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Shoutout to And a Bag of Chips, the podcast that’s all things late 90s/early 2000s – hosted by Lisa Foiles of All That and Drew Background (2:20) Survivor guilt is the idea that a survivor of a traumatic event feels guilty for surviving when others have died First identified in the 1960s, and was featured among several Holocaust survivors – also common among armed forces personnel, victims of natural disasters, and survivors of terrorist attacks Can take several forms: guilt over things they didn’t do or could’ve done, guilt over things they did to survive, and mere guilt over living when others died Can manifest in anxiety, depression, suicidality, nightmares, mood swings Examples Emma Frost - New X-Men 138-139, Astonishing X-