Survivor, survivor's, or survivors guilt or syndrome is a mental condition that occurs when a person perceives themselves to have done wrong by surviving a traumatic event when others did not. It may be found among survivors of combat, natural disasters, epidemics, among the friends and family of those who have committed suicide, and in non-mortal situations such as among those whose colleagues are laid off. The experience and manifestation of survivor's guilt will depend on an individual's psychological profile. When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) was published, survivor guilt was removed as a recognized specific diagnosis, and redefined as a significant symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Survivor guilt was first identified during the 1960s. Several therapists recognized similar if not identical conditions among Holocaust survivors. Similar signs and symptoms have been recognized in survivors of traumatic situations including combat, natural disasters, and wide-ranging job layoffs. A variant form has been found among rescue and emergency services personnel who blame themselves for doing too little to help those in danger, and among therapists, who may feel a form of guilt in the face of their patients' suffering.

Captain Simon Mailloux', CMR, MSc, is a serving officer in the Canadian Forces. He was severely injured on 16 November 2007 in an IED incident in Afghanistan and, as a result, his left leg was amputated. In November 2009, Mailloux redeployed to Afghanistan becoming the first Canadian amputee to deploy to a war zone as a combatant.

Born in 1983 and raised in Quebec City, Quebec, he graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in 2006 with a Bachelor of Military and Strategic Studies and from the University of Glasgow in 2011 with a Master of Science in Politics and International Relations. During the summer of 2005, he received an international exchange scholarship from the Canada Corps initiative launched by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) on behalf of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). His research took place at the École de Maintien de la Paix, of Kulikovo, and the Institut de Recherche sur le Développement, of Bamako in Mali. He conducted research on Post-Conflict Security during a period of four months and participated in peacekeeping staff training initiatives.

Danny Michel is a singer-songwriter from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

Danny Michel was born next to the "Smiles n' Chuckles" chocolate factory in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. His family name "Michel" is often mistaken for being of French ethnicity, but is actually German.

In 2003 Danny signed a record deal with MapleMusic Recordings/Universal Music Canada, releasing Tales from the Invisible Man (2003) and Valhalla (2006) with them.

In 2004 Michel was nominated for New Artist of the Year at the Canadian Juno Awards, after the release of Tales from the Invisible Man the previous year. Later that year, Michel took a break from recording, but continued doing studio work, producing and playing guitar in Sarah Harmer's band.

In 2007 legendary Texan rocker Alejandro_Escovedo mentioned his love of Danny's records in Harp Magazine.

In 2008 Michel left MapleMusic, releasing his album Feather, Fur & Fin independently. He performed as Stuart McLean's musical guest on Vinyl Cafe and released a DVD Welcome Home that was nominated for another Juno award.