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The Body Never Lies : the Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting by Miller, Alice is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

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Using Numerous Case Histories Gleaned From Her Practice, As Well As Examining The Biographical Stories Of Celebrated Writers Such As Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Friedrich Nietzsche, And Others, Miller Shows How A Child's Emotional Traumas, Repressed Humiliation, And Bottled Rage Can Manifest Themselves As Serious Adult Health Problems. In Discussing The Lives Of These Literary Giants, Miller Explores The Known Or, In Some Cases, Unknown Traumas That Haunted Each Author's Childhood. More Important, Miller Connects The Writers' Painful Childhoods With Their Later Afflictions, Which Included Depression, Anorexia, Cancer, And Even Insanity. While Examining Everything From Parental Spanking To Sexual Abuse And Emotional Blackmail, Miller Exposes The Societal Pressures That Converge To Harm Children.--jacket. Introduction: Morality And The Body -- Saying And Concealing. Awe Of The Parents And Its Tragic Effects: Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Kafka, Nietzsche -- The Fight For Liberty In The Dramas And The Unheeded Outcry Of The Body: Friedrich Von Schiller -- The Betrayal Of Memory: Virginia Woolf -- Self-hatred And Unfulfilled Love: Arthur Rimbaud -- The Imprisoned Child And The Necessity Of D

Who reads The Body Never Lies : the Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting?

Author

Miller, Alice

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company; W.W. Norton

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393328639

Category

self-help

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (785 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14