The Drama of the Gifted Child (The Search for the True Self)
The Drama of the Gifted Child (The Search for the True Self)
The Drama of the Gifted Child (The Search for the True Self)
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Chapter 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Drama</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Gifted</strong> <strong>Child</strong><br />
and <strong>the</strong> Psychoanalyst's<br />
Narcissistic Disturbance<br />
Introduction<br />
EXPERIENCE has taught us that we have only one<br />
enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: <strong>the</strong><br />
emotional discovery and emotional acceptance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> truth<br />
in <strong>the</strong> individual and unique history <strong>of</strong> our childhood. Is it<br />
possible <strong>the</strong>n, with <strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong> psychoanalysis, to free ourselves<br />
altoge<strong>the</strong>r from illusions? History demonstrates that<br />
<strong>the</strong>y sneak in everywhere, that every life is full <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m—<br />
perhaps because <strong>the</strong> truth <strong>of</strong>ten would be unbearable. And<br />
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