Author(s): Shikha Choudhary, A S Rao

Abstract: Over the past century, psychological studies have greatly contributed towards mental health awareness. However, present times demand focusing on milder issues than extreme psychological disorders, since the seemingly inconsequential issues in isolation have the potential to become a cause for severe mental health issues as they begin accumulating. This research follows the Origin and evolution of Trauma through the works of medicals, academics, theorists, and researchers to create a cohesive picture, covering the vast span of the human psyche from the foundations in Psychoanalytic theory to the Pluralistic Trauma theory in literature and it’s correlation to the issues on a spectrum of trauma from mild to severe, faced by literary characters in the Shiva Trilogy and Harry Potter. The researcher analyses through this study that trauma cannot be limited to just mental health disorders severe enough to require professional attention. Rather, it requires an inclusive approach that works on recognizing and dealing with these apparently insignificant events before they reach an extreme stage.

Keywords: Shiva trilogy, Harry Potter, trauma, psychoanalytic theory, pluralistic trauma theory.

Article Info: Received: 03 Apr 2025; Received in revised form: 01 May 2025; Accepted: 05 May 2025; Available online: 11 May 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.103.11