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:b : a disordered [[psychic]] or [[behavioral]] state resulting from severe mental or [[emotional]] [[stress]] or [[physical]] [[injury]]  

:b : a disordered [[psychic]] or [[behavioral]] state resulting from severe mental or [[emotional]] [[stress]] or [[physical]] [[injury]]  

:c : an emotional upset <the personal trauma of an executive who is not living up to his own [[expectations]] — Karen W. Arenson>

:c : an emotional upset <the personal trauma of an executive who is not living up to his own [[expectations]] — Karen W. Arenson>

*2: an [[agent]], [[force]], or [[mechanism]] that causes trauma  

*2: an [[agent]], [[force]], or [[mechanism]] that causes trauma

 

 

 

==Description==

==Description==

[[Psychological]] '''trauma''' ([[Greek]]: Ψυχολογικό τραύμα - Psychologico travma) is a type of damage to the [[psyche]] that occurs as a result of a traumatic [[event]]. When that trauma leads to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder posttraumatic stress disorder], damage may involve [[physical]] [[changes]] inside the [[brain]] and to brain chemistry, which changes the person's [[response]] to [[future]] [[stress]].

[[Psychological]] '''trauma''' ([[Greek]]: Ψυχολογικό τραύμα - Psychologico travma) is a type of damage to the [[psyche]] that occurs as a result of a traumatic [[event]]. When that trauma leads to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder posttraumatic stress disorder], damage may involve [[physical]] [[changes]] inside the [[brain]] and to brain chemistry, which changes the person's [[response]] to [[future]] [[stress]].