Quotes by Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

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Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional dis — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about thei — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
This story sounds as though it were invented, but it is true from beginning to end. There are people who have to pay for — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Narcissistic cathexis of the child by the mother does not exclude emotional devotion. On the contrary, she loves the chi — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Today it is hardly possible for any group to remain so isolated from others who have different values. Therefore it is n — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Once upon a time there was a child who had a golden brain. His parents only discovered this by chance when he injured hi — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Where there had been only fearful emptiness or equally frightening grandiose fan­tasies, an unexpected wealth of vitalit — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Child abuse is still sanctioned — indeed, held in high regard — in our society as long as it is defined as child-rearing — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
I've spoken of the patient Peter who was obsessively forced to make conquests with women, to seduce and then to abandon — Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self