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"Every one' of the psychoanalytic trainees she [Alice Miller] has supervised has the same history: An insecure parent who did not appear to be insec… - Alison Bechdel
"Every one' of the psychoanalytic trainees she [Alice Miller] has supervised has the same history:
An insecure parent who did not appear to be insecure, but who depended on the child behaving in a particular way.
And an 'amazing ability' on the part of the child to perceive this and take on the assigned role.
"This role secured 'love' for the child-that is, his parents' narcissistic cathexis. He could sense he was needed and this, he felt, guaranteed him a measure of existential...[as quoted by Alice Miller]
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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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