The importance of psychological factors in triggering, or, conversely, in reducing epileptic seizures have led to questions about the psychological meaning of epileptic seizures. Many authors have tried to understand the significance of epileptic seizures in the conscious and unconscious experience of the subject. It is essential not to talk about epilepsy, but about people with epilepsy. In this regard, we are talking about the place given to the patient suffering from epilepsy. Whether it is the first, second crisis, or subsequent crises, they show that there is an intrapsychic trauma. The psychological understanding of the patient suffering from epilepsy is situated in a bio-psycho-familial and social context.Epilepsy can be considered the paradigm of a global approach to complex situations. The description of the psychological experiences that are associated with the evolution of the symptoms of epilepsy, will allow us to form an idea about the influence of psychic traumas on the clinic and on the dynamics of epilepsy, which could help identify an approach to patient adaptation.