Trauma is all about a single extreme experience that you have that affects you severely. If Buddha was 7 days old at the time, he didn't experience trauma he just grew up without a mother. Yes there are psychological repercussions of such a thing, but that's not trauma. I can imagine that in the region and time he was alive (~500 BC, India), growing up without a mother was also more common. Most of the psychological problems with children growing up without a mother revolve around the fact that most everyone else they know has one and then wonder what is wrong with them that they do not have a mother, as if they are deficient in some way. On the Amazon page: Later it even calls it, "Epstein's discovery". This type of knowledge isn't in any way new to be called a discovery.Mark Epstein uncovers the transformational potential of trauma, revealing how it can be used for the mind’s own development.