Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20150728223355/@comment-26397825-20150809104032

They actually seem to stress that magic is entirely non-existant in RWBY, stating that it is science instead (though it looks pretty magical to us). So really, the others would see it as Ghost says, just a split personality, and probably prescribe him a therapist or twelve.

Scientific means would probably involve some sort of actual trauma that means Carmine retreats into himself, allowing the personality of Trauma to shine through...which is again just a split personality. Face it, in the world of RWBY as we have seen so far, there is no canonical evidence to support the theory that Carmine's anthropomorphised fears would be seen as anything other than a split personality that is only able to control Carmine for a short time, and it most certainly would not be able to exit his mind and wreak havoc in the real world. So, again, they'd call him crazy, possibly lock his aura away (if we follow the theory that an unlocked aura can be relocked) and most certainly get him therapeutic treament. Maybe even a nice warm jacket and bouncy walls for him to play with.