How severe would you call this trauma?

If a boulder falls from a mountain on your house(more specifically room, bed) with the strength of 20 ton, causing your house to collapse almost entirely, and you somehow managed to save yourself, but the person in the bed in the bed beneath you(bunk bed) doesn't, how traumatized could I be? Could you call this major trauma? I did have amnesia, so I don't really remember much about it.

And do doctors call a leg broken in two places, a broken chin, a concussion, a swollen brain and two blood clots in my brain "minor injuries"?How severe would you call this trauma?
It really depends. If the person was closely related to you, the event would be far more traumatic than if it was a stranger. If you experienced great emotional distress, it was likely more traumatizing than if it had just made you briefly fear for your life. If you would like to be diagnosed with a traumatic disorder, you need to see a psychologist. You cannot be diagnosed via the internet, unfortunately. The best thing to do is to talk to someone with experience in psychological testing.



As far as the injuries go, they are serious injuries, but they may not be life threatening. It depends on the doctor's criterion for diagnosing a serious versus moderate versus a minor injury.



Either way, the description of your injury with "serious" or "minor" has little to do with anything.



-Evopsych