« To defend fighting for the feeling of abandonment experienced in early childhood, the adult has a large number of mechanisms. Apart from mere denial, we most often find the perpetual struggle, exhausting, to satisfy the repressed needs, and since then perverted, with the help of symbols: drugs, groups, cults of all kinds, perversions. Intellectualizations are also common, as they offer very reliable protection, which can however have fatal effects if the body - as is the case in serious diseases - takes full control `...`. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« During my twenty years of therapeutic activity, I have seen myself repeatedly confronted with a type of child's destiny that seems to me characteristic of individuals working in a profession of helping others. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« .. traumatic events of all childhood remain in darkness? Darkness where the keys to understanding the rest of life are also hidden. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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