Alice Miller Livres

Notre corps ne ment jamais. Quand nous tombons malades, quand nous faisons l'expérience de la dépression, de la toxicomanie, de l'anorexie, c'est que nous sommes traversés par un conflit intérieur entre ce que nous ressentons et ce que nous voudrions ressentir. D'un côté, il y a notre corps, qui garde intacte la mémoire de notre histoire - et tout particulièrement des mauvais traitements que nos parents ont pu nous infliger -, de l'autre, il y a notre esprit et notre volonté, conditionnés par la morale et notre éducation, qui nous déterminent à aimer et honorer, quoi qu'il arrive, ces mêmes parents. Ce livre explore, à travers de nombreux exemples - notamment des vies d'écrivains célèbres -, les conséquences parfois dramatiques de ce conflit, mais il montre aussi qu'il existe des raisons d'espérer. Non, nous ne sommes pas obligés d'être les "bons" enfants de nos parents s'ils nous ont fait du mal et s'ils continuent de pratiquer le chantage affectif. Oui, c'est notre responsabilité que d'être attentifs aux signaux d'alerte que nous envoie notre corps. Au terme de ce chemin exigeant par lequel nous acceptons de relire l'histoire de nos rapports avec nos parents, il y a l'espoir de naître à une authentique liberté intérieure.

Essai d'explication des répercussions sur le comportement adulte, des mauvais traitements d'une éducation répressive reçus dans la petite enfance. Après un survol et une dénonciation de la "pédagogie noire" des deux derniers siècles, l'auteure explicite sa thèse à l'aide de trois cas: Christiane F. (autodestruction par la drogue); Adolf Hitler (la destruction d'autrui); Jürgen Bartsch (un criminel). La drogue, la psychose et la criminalité sont des "expressions codées des expériences de la petite enfance". SDM

Exploring the profound impact of parental cruelty, this contemporary classic by Alice Miller delves into the dangerous consequences it can have on children. As a central work of the celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst, it sheds light on the psychological effects of abusive parenting and emphasizes the need for understanding and compassion in familial relationships.

What Fire is about how to continue as catastrophe crawls in, when the climate crisis has its grip on us all, the internet has been shut down, and the buildings are burning up. In her third collection, Alice Miller takes a fierce, unflinching look at the world we live in, at what we have made, and whether it is possible to change.

Alice Miller has achieved worldwide recognition for her work on the causes and effects of child abuse; on violence towards children and its cost to society. For more than twenty years she taught and practised psychoanalysis; now she questions the validity of psychoanalytic theories and common psychiatric methods. THE UNTOUCHED KEY is a powerful and provocative synthesis of Alice Miller's ideas and experience. With her usual impeccable clarity, insight and logic she explores the clues- often overlooked in biography- connecting unnoticed childhood trauma to adult creativity and destructiveness. What did Picasso express in 'Guernica'? Why did Buster Keaton never smile? Why did Nietzsche lose his mind for eleven years? Why did Hitler become a mass murderer? Her conclusions reveal the roots and consequences of our centuries-old existence on obeying repressive parental figures- including psychiatrists and psychotherapists- and challenge us to unlock the door to our true childhood history in order to regain our lost awareness and our full life.

The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

In this volume, the author draws on research on brain development to show how spanking and humiliation produce dangerous levels of denial in children, leading to emotional blindness and mental barriers that cut off awareness and new ways of of acting. She offers ways to heal these psychic wounds.

Poetry Book Society Recommendation, Summer 2018. In her compelling second collection, Alice Miller tackles thecircularity of thought, the company of the dead, and the lure of alternative futures. They dare you to visit,through a series of cities, the futures we never let happen.

How do early experiences of love or suffering affect our adult relationships? What effect is child abuse likely to have on the victim's later life? How does hatred evolve and take root? How do people develop into cult leaders or political tyrants? Through the seven hypothetical scenarios and two essays that make up Paths of Life, Miller examines these questions and many others. Her narratives demonstrate that with knowledge and understanding of our past we have the power to change our future, freeing ourselves from the curse of repeating our parents' mistakes. In this, her eighth book, Alice Miller has given us yet another wise and profound study of the inestimable importance of childhood. "Alice Miller wrote the book on narcissistic parents and the havoc they wreak on children. Twenty years later, she's still on the case with a new book and even more radical ideas."--Mirabella

“Marvelous.” —Paula McLain A New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees meets the acclaimed poet W. B. Yeats at a soirée in London. Although Yeats is famously eccentric and many years her senior, Georgie is drawn to him, and when he extends a cryptic invitation to a secret society, her life is forever changed. As zeppelins stalk overhead and bombs bloom against the skyline, Georgie finds purpose tending to injured soldiers in a makeshift hospital. She befriends the wounded and heartbroken Lieutenant Pike, who might need more from her than she is able to give. At night, she escapes with Yeats into a darker world, becoming immersed in the Order, a clandestine society of ritual and magic. As forces—both of this world and the next—pull Yeats and Georgie closer together and then apart, Georgie uncovers a secret that threatens to undo it all. In bright, commanding prose, author Alice Miller illuminates the fascinating and unforgettable courtship of Georgie Hyde-Lees and W. B. Yeats. A sweeping tale of faith and love, lost and found and fought for, More Miracle than Bird ingeniously captures the moments—both large and small—on which the fates of whole lives and countries hinge.