It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person. Alice Miller allowchildhooddifficult share on social
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. Alice Miller callchildcommandment Change image and share on social
Regression to the stage of early infancy is not a suitable method in and of itself. Such a regression can only be effective if it happens in the natural course of therapy and if the client is able to maintain adult consciousness at the same time. Alice Miller adultclientconsciousness share on social
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on. Alice Miller angerdenyface Change image and share on social
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. Alice Miller contemptdefensedespise Change image and share on social
The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within a process of careful therapeutic disclosure. Alice Miller abusearticulatecareful share on social
Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. Alice Miller beatbeatingchild share on social
Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation. Alice Miller childchildhooddesperate share on social
