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« The child behaves in such a way as to show only what is expected of him, and he completely identifies with that appearance. His true Self cannot develop and differentiate because it cannot be lived. It is not surprising that these patients complain of a sense of emptiness, say that their existence seems meaningless to them, that they do not feel at home anywhere. This void is real. There has indeed been a drying up, an impoverishment, a partial stifling of their possibilities. The child was wounded in his integrity, and this has reduced his spontaneity, his vital momentum. These children sometimes have dreams where they see themselves half dead. »
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child |
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Alice Miller
The future of the drama of the gifted child
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« When a human being tries to feel what he must feel, and forbids himself to experience what he really feels, he gets sick. Unless he makes his children pay for the way, by projecting his pent-up emotions on them. (P11) »
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Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie |
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Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie
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« The peace to which so many human beings aspire cannot be given to us from the outside. »
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Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie |
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Alice Miller
Our bodies never lie
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