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Drama of the Gifted Child
Book • 2008
This book examines the consequences of repression and childhood trauma on an individual's mental wellbeing.
Alice Miller argues that many successful people suffer from feelings of emptiness and alienation due to having to hide their own feelings, needs, and memories to meet their parents' expectations.
The term 'gifted child' refers to those who survived abusive childhoods by adapting and becoming numb.
The book helps readers understand and reclaim their true selves by acknowledging and accepting the truth about their childhood experiences.
Alice Miller argues that many successful people suffer from feelings of emptiness and alienation due to having to hide their own feelings, needs, and memories to meet their parents' expectations.
The term 'gifted child' refers to those who survived abusive childhoods by adapting and becoming numb.
The book helps readers understand and reclaim their true selves by acknowledging and accepting the truth about their childhood experiences.
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