That support for the rebels began to wane when survivors of massacres blamed them for the killings.

Either the survivors blamed themselves for not seeing the signs or they felt betrayed by their selfish loved ones who'd left them to clean up the mess.

One newspaper claimed that survivors blamed it on the AIS.

The priestess said all the expected things, about how survivors should not blame themselves.

Although nothing will change what happened, the survivors blame themselves, raising a chorus of "if onlys."

In both cases, Iraqi officials, and many survivors, blamed the American air attacks.

The survivors blamed the Watchers for the catastrophe, causing them to take a vow never to interfere with other civilizations.

During this stage negative feelings such as guilt and shame become resolved and the survivor no longer blames themselves for the attack.

The survivor, the bank's security guard, also blames himself for not protecting his friends.