Traumatic Event

A traumatic event is an event that is or may be a cause of trauma. The term may refer to one of the followiong:

  • Trauma (medicine), an event associated with a physical trauma
  • Psychological trauma, an event associated with a psychological trauma


Famous quotes containing the words traumatic and/or event:

    “There’s a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They’ve already passed their test in life. They’re aristocrats.”
    —Diane Arbus (1923–1971)

    “A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. They may seem very wonderful to the people who witness them, and very simple to those who perform them. That does not matter: if they confirm or create faith they are true miracles.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)