The Achievement Of Freedom Is Hardly Possible Without The Felt Mourning. This Ability To Mourn, I.e, To Give Up The Illusion Of A Happy Childhood, Can Restore Vitality And Creativity If A Person Is Able To Experience That He Was Never Loved As A Child For What He Was, But For His Achievements, Success And Good Qualities. And That He Sacrificed His Childhood For This Love, This Will Shake Him Very Deeply.

-Alice Miller

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The Achievement Of Freedom Is Hardly Possible

Alice Miller

The Achievement Of Freedom Is Hardly Possible Without The Felt Mourning. This Ability To Mourn, I.e, To Give Up The Illusion Of A Happy Childhood, Can Restore Vitality And Creativity If A Person Is Able To Experience That He Was Never Loved As A Child For What He Was, But For His Achievements, Success And Good Qualities. And That He Sacrificed His Childhood For This Love, This Will Shake Him Very Deeply.

Topic

Children

Giving Up

Self Esteem

The Art Of Not Experiencing Feelings. A Child Can Experience Her Feelings Only When There Is Somebody There Who Accepts Her Fully, Understands Her, And Supports Her. If That Person Is Missing, If The Child Must Risk Losing The Mother's Love Of Her Substitute In Order To Feel, Then She Will Repress Emotions.

Mother

Art

Children