Trauma is not only destructive but can also be formative and constructive. According to Kostas Nassikas, trauma lies at the origin of the language faculty, which is the most basic quality of humankind. He also considers the creation of history and civilization in the same context. Ghyslain Levy questions how experiences of traumatic disorientation can form the basis for creative process, and indicates that in a psychic urgency one refers to ‘figurability’, i.e. creates a concrete external image, in order to survive. Considering that a painful passion lies at the origin of birth, it will not be surprising that trauma entails creative and constructive elements.