« We cannot change anything about our past, that the damage that was inflicted on us in our childhood did not take place. But we can change, we "repair" ourselves, regain our lost integrity. To do this, we must decide to take a closer look at the knowledge that our body has stored on past events, and to bring it to our consciousness. This path is certainly uncomfortable, but it seems to be the only way that allows us to finally get out of the invisible prison of our childhood and transform ourselves, from unconscious victim of the past, into a responsible man or woman, who knows his story and lives "with her". »
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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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« To get rid of this bond called "love", but which is only a sham, consisting of a mixture of gratitude, pity, expectations, denial, illusions, obedience, fear and fear of punishment. »
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Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie |
Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie
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« 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 because they offer very reliable protection, which can however have fatal effects if the body - as is the case in serious diseases - takes control. All these defence mechanisms are accompanied by the reversal of the initial situation and the feelings related to it. »
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Alice Miller
The drama of the gifted child |
Alice Miller
The drama of the gifted child
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