Alice Miller Quotes about Feelings

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If we do not work on all three levels -- body, feeling, mind -- the symptoms of our distress will keep returning, as the body goes on repeating the story stored in its cells until it is finally listened to and

If we do not work on all three levels -- body, feeling, mind -- the symptoms of our distress will keep returning, as the body goes on repeating the story stored in its cells until it is finally listened to and understood.

Alice Miller

Cells, Feelings, Mind

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection

Alice Miller

Children, Self, Feelings

Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.130, Basic Books

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

Alice Miller

Feelings, Body, Facts

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

Alice Miller

Warrior, Feelings, Defense

Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.74, Basic Books

Genuine feelings are never the product of conscious effort. They are quite simply there, and they are there for a very good reason, even if that reason is not always apparent.

Alice Miller

Effort, Feelings, Reason

Alice Miller (2006). “The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company