Primal
# Primal

Primal may refer to:

## Psychotherapy

* Primal, the core concept in primal therapy, denotes the full reliving and cathartic release of an early traumatic experience
* Primal scene (in psychoanalysis), refers to the witnessing by a young child of a sex act, usually between the parents, which traumatizes the child

## Mathematics

* Primal, an old mathematics term for a projective hypersurface
* Primal problem, a component of the duality principle in mathematical optimization theory

## Entertainment

* "Primal" (Eureka episode), an episode of TV series Eureka
* Primal (video game), an action video game for the PlayStation 2
* Primal (TV series), a 2019 animated television series
* Primal (2019 film), a 2019 film starring Nicolas Cage
* Optimus Primal, a character in Transformers
* The Lost Tribe (2010 film), a film whose Australian DVD was entitled Primal
* Primal (2010 film), an Australian horror film directed by Josh Reed
* Far Cry Primal, a 2016 video game

## Other

* Primal cut, several types of cuts of meat
* Primal Pictures, the producer of 3D Interactive Anatomy Software
