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The conversation then shifts to the idea that the earliest and most significant trauma is the realization of separateness. This occurs when a newborn perceives the fundamental schism between oneself and the world—a rupture from the oneness felt in the womb to the conscious awareness that one is a separate entity.
This trauma manifests painfully as the child recognizes that they are not inherently part of their mother or the world around them but are instead distinct from it. Such a realization marks the “breaking of the world,” a pivotal point in human development that introduces feelings of vulnerability, helplessness, and the existential awareness of boundary and separation.