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Abortion Survivor – PASS – A real-life experience: Karl<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Karl is 27. He’s studying business administration, third semester. It took him a long time to figure out what he even wanted to study. Not because he was stupid or lacked interest. No\u2014he was interested, but a paralyzing depression had gripped him for years. Apathy. Lack of drive. Feelings of meaninglessness. What was wrong with him? <\/p>\n\n

He was 26 when a friend gave him the book Abortion Survivors<\/a>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/em> to read. If anyone else had given it to him, he would\u2019ve put it aside immediately, but because it was Richard, his friend, he started reading. He couldn’t believe his eyes. Weeks later, when he sits across from me, he says: <\/p>\n\n

\u201cThat book is me. The more I read, the more I knew: What\u2019s being described there\u2014that’s me. I am the abortion survivor. That\u2019s me. And suddenly, after years, I understood my life. It was like puzzle pieces coming together. And I wanted to know for sure. I didn\u2019t want to believe possible delusions\u2014I wanted clarity. So I went to my father and asked him directly if he and my mother had had an abortion. He told me he couldn’t answer that and said I should ask my mother. I asked her: Did you have an abortion? She said: Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Karl is a strong, somewhat overweight young man. As he continues telling his story, he only occasionally makes eye contact\u2014his gaze often shifts left or right. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cI have this burning rage inside me. I could hit and keep hitting. People say to me, ‘You have a good life,’ but I think my life is sh\u2026 I\u2019ve had suicidal thoughts. Now I know where they come from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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What means “Abortion Survivor – PASS”?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The acronym stands for Post Abortion Survivor Syndrome<\/strong>. It refers to the clinically significant symptoms experienced by so-called abortion survivors. The term \u201cabortion survivor\u201d is used by child psychiatrist Philip G. Ney<\/strong> and his wife, physician Marie Peeters-Ney<\/strong>, to describe people who have survived an abortion. That is, a child who is born into a family in which a sibling (or several) died through abortion\u2014and the surviving child wonders why they<\/em> were allowed to live. <\/p>\n\n

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Pioneering Work from the US<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Neys spent decades conducting research, interviews, workshops, and healing seminars to systematically study and analyze the symptoms of abortion survivors.<\/p>\n\n

Their guiding questions included:<\/p>\n\n