The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller
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Alice Miller's 1979 landmark work explores the long-term psychological consequences of a particular kind of childhood: one in which a sensitive, perceptive child learns to suppress their own emotional needs in order to meet the needs of their parents. Miller argues that many high achievers carry a hidden core wound of emotional abandonment, and that true psychological healing requires confronting rather than defending this history. Written for a broad audience but rooted in serious psychoanalytic thinking, the book helped launch a cultural conversation about emotional neglect that continues today. Compact, clear, and genuinely illuminating.
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AI reading intelligence"Slim and deceptively gentle, this book will quietly reorganise how you think about your entire childhood. Give yourself time."
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The Book That Explains Why You Feel Like a Stranger to Yourself
If you've ever been told you're 'too sensitive' or found yourself performing emotions rather than feeling them, Alice Miller wrote this book for you. It's slim — you could read it in an afternoon — but I've seen it unlock something profound in so many readers. Miller helps you understand how the very gifts that made you attuned to others' needs may have come at the cost of knowing your own.
Book Details
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Published
- January 1, 1981
- Pages
- 126
- Language
- English
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