Book · 1994 · Psychology
The Drama of the Gifted Child
The Search for the True Self
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The drama of the gifted child which is really the drama of the sensitive child and i discussed that with gabor mate in my podcast with him at one point.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2020 Listen at 39:20 The best things said about it
I mean the drama of the gifted child is a book that i also read when i so so i as as i mentioned earlier the first sort of 25 up till about i was about 23 24 i was in this mode of this didn't impact me.
Debbie Millman The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2020 Why people recommend it
The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller is a psychological exploration of childhood trauma, emotional neglect, and how sensitive children adapt to parental expectations at the expense of their true selves. On an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show titled #464: Tim Ferriss — My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse, broadcast on September 15, 2020, host Tim Ferriss recommended the book, noting that it is fundamentally about the drama of the sensitive child and mentioning that he had previously discussed it with Gabor Maté on his podcast. Later in the same episode, guest Debbie Millman also discussed reading Alice Miller's book. Millman reflected on her youth, recalling that up until her early twenties, she operated under the defense mechanism that her early experiences had not negatively impacted her. Reading The Drama of the Gifted Child became part of her personal reckoning with her past. Both Ferriss and Millman utilized the book to anchor a broader, vulnerable conversation about childhood trauma, emotional repression, and the difficult, ongoing journey toward personal healing and self-awareness.
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Tim Ferriss the drama of the gifted child which is really the drama of the sensitive child and i discussed that with ga… 1
“the drama of the gifted child which is really the drama of the sensitive child and i discussed that with gabor mate in my podcast with him at one point”
Debbie Millman i mean the drama of the gifted child is a book that i also read when i so so i as as i mentioned earlier th… 1
“i mean the drama of the gifted child is a book that i also read when i so so i as as i mentioned earlier the first sort of 25 up till about i was about 23 24 i was in this mode of this didn't impact me”
