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The concept of trauma has a complicated place in psychoanalysis. It is possible to claim that psychoanalysis, in a way, is a theory and practice that has been shaped by a framework of trauma; yet it is also possible to argue that it has positioned itself in contrast to trauma focused approaches. Taking into consideration the dichotomies such as drive or trauma, phantasy or reality, internal or external, individual or collective, it is often the case that drive theory is opposed to trauma theory. However, Freud's text has a potential of theoretical development, and it is possible that it is not studied enough, which might transform these dichotomies to dialectics. In this text, the articulation of different reality levels and the determinants of sociopsychological relational matrix that are effective in the meeting of the mentioned dichotomies are delineated in a psychoanalytical framework, with a special emphasis on trauma. In this sense, the attempt is to come up with a ground for a psychoanalytical conception of trauma and an evaluation of traumatic events on an individual and collective level and their influences.