Alice Miller

Andrew Jenkins

The renowned Swiss psychoanalyst and author of The Drama of the Gifted Child and Prisoners of Childhood investigates the long-term consequences of childhood abuse on the body, drawing on patient experiences as well as the biographical stories of famous figures to demonstrate how negative elements from a childhood can manifest into adult illness. Reprint.

The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting

Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

For Your Own Good

On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees--on her own for the first time--is introduced to the acclaimed poet W. B. Yeats at a soirée in London. Although Yeats is famously eccentric and many years her senior, Georgie is drawn to him, and when he extends a cryptic invitation to a secret society, her life is forever changed. A shadow falls over London as zeppelins stalk overhead and bombs bloom against the skyline. Amidst the chaos, Georgie finds purpose tending to injured soldiers in a makeshift hospital, befriending the wounded and heartbroken Lieutenant Pike, who might need more from her than she is able to give. At night with Yeats, she escapes these realities into an even darker world, becoming immersed in The Order, a clandestine society where ritual, magic, and the conjuring of spirits is practiced and pursued. As forces--both of this world and the next--pull Yeats and Georgie closer together and then apart again, Georgie uncovers a secret that threatens to undo it all. In bright, commanding prose debut author Alice Miller illuminates the fascinating and unforgettable courtship of Georgie Hyde-Lees and W. B. Yeats. A sweeping tale of faith and love, lost and found and fought for, More Miracle than Bird ingeniously captures the moments--both large and small--on which the fate of whole lives and countries hinge.

More Miracle Than Bird

The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

The Search for the True Self, Third Edition

The Drama of the Gifted Child

Yetenekli çocuğun dramı

Gemeinsame Leitthemen der in diesem Band enthaltenen drei Studien sind die Ursprünge des Selbstverlustes und Wege der Selbstfindung. Das Drama des begabten, das heißt sensiblen, wachen Kindes besteht darin, daß es schon früh Bedürfnisse seiner Eltern spürt und sich ihnen anpaßt, indem es lernt, seine intensivsten, aber unerwünschten Gefühle nicht zu fühlen. Obwohl diese "verpönten" Gefühle später nicht immer vermieden werden können, bleiben sie doch abgespalten, das heißt: Der vitalste Teil des wahren Selbst wird nicht in die Persönlichkeit integriert. Das führt zu emotionaler Verunsicherung und Verarmung (Selbstverlust), die sich in der Depression ausdrücken oder aber in der Grandiosität abgewehrt werden. Die angeführten Beispiele sensibilisieren für das nicht artikulierte, hinter Idealisierungen verborgene Leiden des Kindes wie auch für die Tragik der nicht verfügbaren Eltern, die einst selbst verfügbare Kinder gewesen sind.

Das Drama des begabten Kindes und die Suche nach dem wahren Selbst

The author of The Drama of the Gifted Child examines the consequences of child abuse, from emotional blindness to repeat abuse of subsequent generations, and encourages readers to confront their painful histories in order to find healing. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self

The Truth Will Set You Free

Ruth Ward

Miller’s wide and profound book about childhood trauma has provided thousands of readers with guidance and hope, and is essential reading for those interested in psychology, psychotherapy, and more.

The Search for the True Self

Das Drama des begabten Kindes und die Suche nach dem wahren Selbst.

Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness

The Untouched Key

El cuerpo nunca miente

riscrittura e continuazione

Il dramma del bambino dotato e la ricerca del vero sé

An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, and Marcel Proust, Miller shows how a child's humiliation, impotence, and bottled rage will manifest itself as adult illness—be it cancer, stroke, or other debilitating diseases. Never one to shy away from controversy, Miller urges society as a whole to jettison its belief in the Fourth Commandment and not to extend forgiveness to parents whose tyrannical childrearing methods have resulted in unhappy, and often ruined, adult lives. In this empowering work, writes Rutgers professor Philip Greven, "readers will learn how to confront the overt and covert traumas of their own childhoods with the enlightened guidance of Alice Miller."

The first publication of Drama of Being a Child and of this 1997 edition are separated by fifteen years of experience - the author's experience with her own self-therapy and with other recent therapy methods, and finally her knowledge of the life histories of the several thousand readers who have written to her. The research into childhood she has undertaken in this period has led to further fine-tuning of her earlier findings, as is ocumented and illustrated here with an abundance of examples. The author examines the consequences of repression at personal and social levels, the causes of the physical and psychological harm done to children and how this can be prevented, and finally the new methods at our disposal for dealing with the consequences of infant traumas.

The Drama of Being a Child

Thou Shalt Not Be Aware (Meridian)

Bilmek Seni Özgür Kilacak

"Her writing is lovely, and speaks to the nature of the human soul."--Newsday From the world-famous Swiss psychologist whose bookThe Drama of the Gifted Childhas become a classic, here are seven "life stories" exploring the countless ways in which our families and our childhood experiences form us and turn us into the people we are today. How do early experiences of love or suffering affect our adult relationships? What effect is child abuse likely to have on the victim's later life? How does hatred evolve and take root? How do people develop into cult leaders or political tyrants? Through the seven hypothetical scenarios and two essays that make up Paths of Life, Miller examines these questions and many others. Her narratives demonstrate that with knowledge and understanding of our past we have the power to change our future, freeing ourselves from the curse of repeating our parents' mistakes. In this, her eighth book, Alice Miller has given us yet another wise and profound study of the inestimable importance of childhood. "Alice Miller wrote the book on narcissistic parents and the havoc they wreak on children. Twenty years later, she's still on the case with a new book and even more radical ideas."--Mirabella

Seven Scenarios

Paths of Life

Über die Ursachen unserer oft unverstandenen Gefühle. Ein Wegweiser zum Ausgang aus unserer unverschuldeten Unmündigkeit-zum Wohle der heutigen wie auch der künftigen Generationen.

über die Auflösung emotionaler Blindheit

Evas Erwachen

La llave perdida

Quienes conozcan nuestro catálogo sabrán que la célebre psicoanalista alemana Alice Miller ha estado presente en él en más de una ocasión. Y, de hecho, apareció aquí por primera vez en 1985 precisamente con El drama del niño dotado publicado por primera vez en Alemania en 1979, se convirtió rápida y sorprendentemente en todo un acontecimiento. Han transcurrido bastantes años, pero la autora no ha cesado de investigar. Fruto de sus nuevos descubrimientos y de las múltiples cartas que ha recibido ha surgido esta nueva edición enteramente revisada y ampliada. No en vano, ya al comienzo del libro, la autora nos da la clave de los traumas en la infancia y su repercusión en la vida adulta: «La experiencia nos enseña que, en la lucha contra las enfermedades psíquicas, sólo disponemos, a la larga, de una sola arma: encontrar emocionalmente la verdad de la historia única y singular de nuestra infancia». Con un lenguaje claro y accesible, sin los tecnicismos y la retórica propios del especialista, Miller analiza las causas que pueden conducir a lo que se conoce como pérdida de identidad. Muchas de las personas que leyeron este libro descubrieron que, en su infancia, también ellas (como en los ejemplos aquí citados) habían reprimido sus necesidades afectivas y sentimientos más intensos (la ira, la angustia, el miedo, el dolor...) para conseguir así el afecto y la aceptación de sus padres. Esta actitud, según la cual la persona se comporta como cree que se espera de ella, supone a la larga un aniquilamiento de la propia personalidad: ya no es ella misma, sino que adopta el papel que los demás quieren que represente.

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