Do you mean physiological or psychological? Physiological trauma would be an event that causes damage and death to you at a cellular level, such as burns. Psychological would be one that causes you emotional trauma and can interefere primarily with your mental wellbeing. Obviosuly the two go hand in hand. If you mean serious traumas, there have been cases where people have been in horrific accidents or been subject to emotional hell (such as eing taken hostage at gunpoint, trapped in a burning building, etc) and have no memory of it whatsoever whilst conscious. They may know something has happened to them that has affected them severely but cannot remember details of what actually happened, or sometimes are unaware consciously of ever having gone through such an event. However, they will still have memories of the event subconciously, sometimes revealed such as in dreams or under hypnosis. No-one knows exactly how this occurs but it is believed that the brain cannot cope with such a massive amount of emotional/physical stress and simply shuts down after being 'overloaded', possibly to protect the individual from the obvious terrible emotional aftereffects. And of course, there are those who are knocked unsconcious or into a coma before undergoing severe trauma, and so have no recollection at all later on, though they will obviously still have any physical effects to live with.

I think it really depends on how bad the trauma was. for instance being molested for 5 years compared to holding your dog while it dies. Everybodies brains are different and every body heals a different way. I mean having someone there to talk to you and help you compared to not having anyone really changes the healing time. me for instance. I was in a HORRIBLE car wreck when i was 14 and sustained bad scars and memories and am still suffering from certaing internal problems from it. But having my family there for me to talk to has really helped. But when i was little and seen my mom and dad fight and argue all the time and my dad never being there, my sister moving out when i was three and never seen her for 8 years, i still havent gotten over that, it still hurts me to this day. So i believe it really depends on a couple of things How you cope Having someone to talk to How extensive the trauma was