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“ The public forum is not, of course, the most helpful place to conduct a profitable confrontation with one's parents. If we are to allow the feelings of childhood to be revived, we need an enlightened witness and not the pent-up, undigested hatred of formerly abused children who, as adults, totally identify with the perpetrators. To expose oneself defenselessly to public view while harboring such feelings from childhood can amount to a kind of self-inflicted punishment, something one seeks when, in spite of everything, one still feels guilty at having expressed the criticism and is prepared to accept hate reactions as a well deserved punishment. ”

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Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the truth in the individual and unique history of our childhood.

~ Alice Miller

Alice Miller Childhood Trauma Individual Truth

Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history. They continue to live in their repressed childhood situation, ignoring the fact that is no longer exists, continuing to fear and avoid dangers that, although once real, have not been real for a long time.

~ Alice Miller

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For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

~ Alice Miller

Alice Miller Indestructible Rising Above Your Past Rising From The Ashes Soul Survival Survivor

I was not out to paint beautiful pictures, even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.

~ Alice Miller

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