Alice Miller Quote

The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.


Prisoners of Childhood (1979)


The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.

The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.

The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.

The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.