®EALITY of Trauma

Trauma is any event that threatens the integrity of the physical organism or psychic apparatus.
Catastrophic physical trauma is any degree the organism loses its physical integrity that leads to permanent use restrictions in whole or in part and are not recuperable post trauma inducing event.

Catastrophic psychic trauma is any degree the psychic apparatus--i.e. Psyche: ego, id, superego; loses its symbolic integrity that leads to permanent functional restrictions in whole or in part and are not recuperable post trauma inducing event.