ABSTRACT

The concept of Trauma in psychoanalysis has suffered from overuse and inconsistent use. A review of Freud's writings beginning with the Project indicates that from the perspective of the impact upon psychic processes, Freud held a more consistent view of the concept that, if recognized, can help avoid the often fruitless etiological debates of internal vs. external cause, intrinsic (drive) vs. extrinsic (reality) factors, etc. What is more helpful from a clinical perspective, is to view the various challenges that a given set of potentially trauma-inducing circumstances might pose for an individual, consider each individual's highly subjective mode of experiencing and responding to those challenges and take into account the supports offered in any instance by the specific familial, social or cultural surround. Each set of experiences that will be qualified as ‘trauma’ that any of us undergoes will to some extent be understood and integrated into our particular subjectivities according to our unique, subjective organizations of self, understandings of and position in the world.

摘要

精神分析中的创伤概念遭受了过度使用和不一致的使用。从项目开始对弗洛伊德著作的回顾表明，从对心理过程的影响的角度来看，弗洛伊德对这个概念持有更一致的观点，如果得到认可，可以帮助避免内部原因与外部原因的经常毫无结果的病因学辩论，内在（驱动）与外在（现实）因素等。从临床角度来看，更有帮助的是查看一组给定的潜在创伤诱导环境可能对个人构成的各种挑战，考虑每个人的高度主观性体验和应对这些挑战的方式，并考虑到特定家庭、社会或文化环境在任何情况下提供的支持。