Hello Christy, As my organization does not use the tool I ask the questions but put them in to the three catetories physical, mental, and Family dysfunction. Ad B. Vander Kolk points out in his book, may people in dysfunctional families don't realize they are. One of the SW I works with argues that the question should be asking people if there were any experiences they Perceived as traumatic, the emphesis being on the perception of the patient. That however would mean that the patient consciously recognized it and many times they do not.