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Alice Miller writes that the child who suppresses his own feelings in order to accomodate a parent has been, in a sense, abandoned. 'Later, when the… - Alison Bechdel
" "Alice Miller writes that the child who suppresses his own feelings in order to accomodate a parent has been, in a sense, abandoned.
'Later, when these feelings of being deserted begin to emerge in the analysis of the adult, they are accompanied by such intensity of pain and despair that it is quite clear that these people could not have survived so much pain. That would only have been possible in an empathic, attentive environment, and this they lacked. [as quoted by Alice Miller]'
She also says that the mother who requires accommodation from her child is just trying to get what her own mother refused her.
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About Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel (born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. She has written one of the best-known LGBT comic strips, Dykes to Watch Out For, for over 25 years. Her graphic memoir Fun Home was rated one of the best books of 2006.
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Alison J. Bechdel
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