The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0465016901 ISBN13: 9780465016907 Release Date: January 1997 Publisher: Basic Books Length: 144 Pages Weight: 0.39 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9" This "rare and compelling" (New York Magazine) bestseller examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management 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 abusi