The Truth
Will Set You Free : Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding
Your True Adult Self
by
Alice Miller
£
Miller returns to the
intensely personal tone and themes of her
best-loved work, arguing that only by embracing the truth of our past
histories can any of us hope to be free of pain in the present. These
vivid true stories reveal the perils of early childhood mistreatment
and the dangers of mindless obedience to parental
will.
From the publishers:
Drawing on the latest research on brain development, Miller speaks out
against the increasing popularity of childhood corporal punishment and
demonstrates how spanking and other disciplinary traumas are encoded in the
brain, stunting our ability to overcome them. Our bodies retain memories of
humiliation, causing panoply of physical ills and dangerous levels of denial.
This denial, necessary for the child's survival, leads to emotional blindness
and finally to mental barriers that cut off awareness and the ability to learn
new ways of acting. If this cycle repeats itself, the grown child will
perpetrate the same abuse on later generations, warns Miller.
In this stunning new contribution to her life's work, Miller not only invites
us to confront our own pasts, but reveals how each of us can liberate our
present as adults and as parents.
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