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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 671797" data-attributes="member: 18958">I wonder if your middle son has a kind of survivor's guilt: he does not feel entitled to have a nice life because his older brother does not.He may feel: why did this disease spare me, and devastate my brother's life? Especially since for so long, everything seemed OK.I do not know if you feel comfortable broaching the possibility that psychotherapy might help him. He could receive counseling through his school.This kind of guilt is common with siblings of a chronically ill or mortally ill child. Many years ago I helped in a study of people who had siblings who had died of cystic fibrosis. I think that was the illness. The woman conducting the study had lost a sister from the same disease.There is no reason your son has to deprive himself of happiness. There are reasons he would feel such, but it does not have to be.COPA</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 671797, member: 18958"] I wonder if your middle son has a kind of survivor's guilt: he does not feel entitled to have a nice life because his older brother does not. He may feel: why did this disease spare me, and devastate my brother's life? Especially since for so long, everything seemed OK. I do not know if you feel comfortable broaching the possibility that psychotherapy might help him. He could receive counseling through his school. This kind of guilt is common with siblings of a chronically ill or mortally ill child. Many years ago I helped in a study of people who had siblings who had died of cystic fibrosis. I think that was the illness. The woman conducting the study had lost a sister from the same disease. There is no reason your son has to deprive himself of happiness. There are reasons he would feel such, but it does not have to be. COPA [/QUOTE]

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