18 Habits from Childhood That Affect Our Relationships Now
The patterns we learn and working around them is part of a fresh new approach to couples therapy. Which schemas sound like you?
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Punitiveness
Those that believe even the smallest mistake deserves punishment. Usually hold themselves—and others—to very high expectations; find it hard to empathize or forgive mistakes, their own and those of others.
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