Mistakes of childhood – how old patterns ruin our lives
The article explains how cognitive patterns formed in childhood continue to influence adult behavior, leading to chronic suffering and life dead ends. It describes 18 types of maladaptive schemas according to J. E. Young, including emotional deprivation and hypercontrol. It emphasizes that these patterns can be recognized and replaced with new ones.
An article published on the Cursorinfo portal examines the impact of childhood psychological patterns on adult life. The author draws an analogy between a helpless child who cannot reach an elevator button and an adult who continues to follow outdated cognitive patterns. It is argued that these internal filters, established in early years, should evolve but often remain unchanged. Psychologist J. E. Young described 18 varieties of maladaptive schemas that become a source of suffering. Examples include emotional deprivation, feelings of inadequacy, pathological submission, and hypercontrol. It is noted that these patterns were originally protective mechanisms but in adulthood block the building of close relationships and cause a panic fear of mistakes. The article concludes that destructive patterns can be healed through awareness and replacement with new behavioral patterns. The material is popular psychology in nature and does not contain references to specific studies or clinical cases.