Many might think that just surviving the Holocaust would ensure that your life would be smooth sailing from there, however, this is not true. Many survivors suffered from psychological afflictions after such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and survivor's guilt. In fact, Holocaust survivors were three times more likely than non-holocaust survivors in psychiatric care to have attempted suicide. Even if they hadn't attempted it, no one can argue that the stress associated with having lived through that and having to deal with it could not be detrimental to health. I guess the debate then arises of whether these deaths can be added to the official Holocaust count. It can be argued that without the Holocaust these deaths wouldn't have happened. It also could be said that because they didn't happen during the Holocaust they should not be a part of the official death count. Do you think people should include these deaths as part of the number or not?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16085786
I agree that the deaths of survivors who comited suicide should be counted in the official deaths because the impact of seeing horrors and losing family members only happened because the holocaust happened. Some people have survivors guilt and that could lead them to commit suicide. Events like these can have long term effects on the mental health of survivors.
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