Abstract. The author sustains, there’s the possibility to separate the concept of trauma in two different categories, social trauma and relational trauma and also introduces the concept of microtrauma. He makes an etiopathogenetic distinction between the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the borderline personality disorder (BPD) basing himself on the previous trauma’s concept differences. The author associates a social trauma story to the PTSD and a precocious and constant relational microtrauma experience to the BPD, considered in the relational trauma category.Referring to this disorder, in general he deals with a power abuse undergone during the childhood by significant figures.

Keywords. Power abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse, criticism, neglect, carelessness, indifference, disdain, exaction, deterrence, Self, self-object, etiology, pathogenesis, borderline personality disorder (BPD), borderline pathology, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, social trauma, relational trauma, microtrauma, dissociative disorders.

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a cura di
Marco Baranello

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Baranello, M. (2000)
Trauma sociale, trauma relazionale e microtrauma.
Per una differenziazione eziopatogenetica tra PTSD e BPD.
SRM Psicologia Rivista - Psyreview.
Roma, 15 gennaio 2000.

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