As charming performers who skillfully reflect their parents expectations, far too many children grow into adults driven to greater and greater achievements by an underlying sense of worthlessness. Never allowed to express their true feelings, and having lost touch with their true selves, they act out their repressed feelings with episodes of depression and compulsive behavior. They in turn inflict the same legacy of repression on their own children.
This poignant and thought-provoking book shows how narcissistic parents form and deform the lives of their children. The Drama of the Gifted Child is the first step toward helping readers reclaim their lives by discovering their own needs and their own truth.
【瑞士】爱丽丝•米勒（Alice Miller）
一位以关注儿童早期心理创伤及其对成年生活影响而闻名世界的心理学家。她颠覆了传统的儿童心理学观点，提醒世人注意到父母对儿童的侵犯所带来的影响，并在欧洲引起巨大共鸣。米勒出生在波兰犹太家庭，第二次世界大战期间在纳粹的迫害中幸存，1946年获得奖学金进入瑞士最古老的巴塞尔大学，1953年起陆续获得哲学、心理学和社会学博士学位，并接受精神分析训练。米勒2010年辞世，享年87岁，留下许多脍炙人口的著作，为广大读者拓宽了看待儿童心理学的视野。代表作有：《身体不会说谎》《夏娃的觉醒》等。