by Alice Miller

Out of the Prison of Self-Blame

Although many of the letters we have received are of general interest, we cannot publish them all here, nor can I answer every single one of them. This article summarizes the points I would like to make in response.

I am occasionally asked how I can be so sure of myself in contradicting established opinions. After all, I do not belong to any school of thought, any cult, or other community of the like-minded that supply many people with what they believe to be the “right” answers. So what is my confidence based on?

It is indeed true that I only believe in facts I can test for myself. My access to these facts is based on my own experience and on the thousands of letters I have received since 1979 from the readers of my books.

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