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For Lacan, trauma occurs when an individual encounters the Real - that which denies signification and lies outside symbolic meaning. This encounter with the unsymbolizable Real is what causes anxiety. Through psychoanalysis, portions of the traumatic Real can be drained and given symbolic meaning, allowing the individual to cope with their symbolic universe. However, Lacan asserts that the trauma does not truly occur at the initial encounter with the Real, but rather belatedly through its repetition. This r

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