The Drama of the Gifted Child

This book by Alice Miller was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Now revised and updated to reflect the author's new insights, this modern classic explains why many of the most successful children and adults are plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation--and tells how to break the cycle.

• “first i'll recommend books and these were recommended by multiple people there are a few the drama of the gifted child which is really the drama of the sensitive child”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “first i'll recommend books and these were recommended by multiple people”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202000:39:14

  Said during "Tim Ferriss, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show and a bestselling author. In this deeply personal solo episode he is also the subject, joined by his friend Debbie Millman as interviewer and fellow survivor. Tim Ferriss publicly shares his childhood sexual abuse for the first time, discussing trauma, near-suicide, and the tools that aided his healing.