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The "drama" of the gifted - i.e., sensitive, alert - child consists of his recognition at a very early age of his parents' needs and of his adaptation to these needs. In the process, he learns to repress rather than to acknowledge his own intense feelings because they are unacceptable to his parents. Although it will not always be possible to avoid these "ugly" feelings (anger, indignation, despair, jealousy, fear) in the future, they will split off, and the most vital part of the "true self" (a key phrase in Alice Miller's works) will not be integrated into the personality. This leads to emotional insecurity and loss of self, which are revealed in depression or concealed behind the facade of grandiosity. Alice Miller defines the ideal state of genuine vitality, of free access to the true self and to authentic individual feelings that have their roots in childhood, as "healthy narcissism". Narcissistic disturbances, on the other hand, represent for her solitary confinement of the true self within the prison of the false self. This is regarded less as an illness than as a tragedy. In her psychanalytical work, Dr. Miller found that her patients' ability to experience authentic feelin

Author

BASIC BOOKS,INC., Alice Miller, translated from the German by Ruth Ward, [new introduction by the author], Alice Miller. Transl. from the German by Ruth Ward, Miller, Alice

Publisher

PUBLISHERS

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780465016914

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Medicine

Rating

4.09 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13