Schema Secrets

Schemas are a mental shortcut that allows for us to organize information about ourselves and the world around us, they help create a pattern for behaviors and actions. While these can be useful, they can also hinder our growth as we progress through life. Once we set a pattern for ourselves for how we should behave in a situation it can be difficult to break said pattern. Most of the time these patterns were created to protect us from some event or response from our childhood, and while they were an important tool back then, they are most likely not needed anymore. Finding the root cause for particular schemas can help break the pattern down and reveal the reasoning behind the schema, and hopefully allow for insight on why this way of thinking is not beneficial for a person anymore as they grow.

While working on breaking these patterns, it's important to be compassionate to oneself. As these schemas did have a purpose at one point, and you are not to blame for them. However, it is important that we acknowledge them so that we can work on making a change in behavior and actions to break these patterns.

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