The Woman Who Survived A Shipwreck, Starvation, And Isolation — The Incredible Story Of Marguerite De La Rocque
Decisions about what to do would have been shared, even if the shared decisions were difficult.
The presence of other people, even in terrible circumstances, maintains the social reality that human beings need for basic psychological functioning.
The deaths of her companions represent a different kind of transition.
Each death would have been both a loss and a practical crisis: fewer people to do the work, fewer people to maintain the fire, and the psychological weight of having watched someone die without being able to prevent it.
The death of the infant is particularly significant.
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