The author revisits the building of the first Freudian model of trauma, the axis of the so-called theory of seduction (1896). Its components and dynamics are examined and discussed. The paradox inside the mentioned theory is registered, and also Freud's reformulation of the basis of his doctrine by the postulation of drive and infantile sexuality. At last, in addition to the inventiveness and unique way the first Freudian model of trauma connects its elements, a horizon of persistence to that approach is still affirmed in the sphere of the theory of generalized seduction.
Trauma; theory of seduction; drive; infantile sexuality; theory of generalized seduction