Sadism is not an infectious... by Alice Miller, a Swiss Psychologist

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“Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation.”

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Alice Miller

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Name: Alice Miller

Nationality: Swiss

Date of Birth: Jan 12, 1923

Profession: Psychologist

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Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation.

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The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

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Today I should not be identified with any kind of regressive therapy.

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It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

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It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.

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