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    Different people cope with difficult childhood experiences in various ways due to factors like temperament and modeling behaviors of parents. As adults, coping styles developed in childhood often persist in maladaptive ways such as abuse of alcohol, rigidity, isolation, or mistreatment of others. There are generally three ways people adapt to schemas formed by childhood experiences: surrendering by repeatedly acting them out; avoiding them through escape or denial; or overcompensating by behaving in the opposite way schemas make them feel. Common maladaptive coping responses include aggression, dependence, social withdrawal, stimulation-seeking, and addictive behaviors.

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    Different people cope with difficult childhood experiences in various ways due to factors like temperament and modeling behaviors of parents. As adults, coping styles developed in childhood often persist in maladaptive ways such as abuse of alcohol, rigidity, isolation, or mistreatment of others. There are generally three ways people adapt to schemas formed by childhood experiences: surrendering by repeatedly acting them out; avoiding them through escape or denial; or overcompensating by behaving in the opposite way schemas make them feel. Common maladaptive coping responses include aggression, dependence, social withdrawal, stimulation-seeking, and addictive behaviors.

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    Different people cope with difficult childhood experiences in various ways due to factors like temperament and modeling behaviors of parents. As adults, coping styles developed in childhood often persist in maladaptive ways such as abuse of alcohol, rigidity, isolation, or mistreatment of others. There are generally three ways people adapt to schemas formed by childhood experiences: surrendering by repeatedly acting them out; avoiding them through escape or denial; or overcompensating by behaving in the opposite way schemas make them feel. Common maladaptive coping responses include aggression, dependence, social withdrawal, stimulation-seeking, and addictive behaviors.

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    Different people cope with difficult childhood experiences in various ways due to factors like temperament and modeling behaviors of parents. As adults, coping styles developed in childhood often persist in maladaptive ways such as abuse of alcohol, rigidity, isolation, or mistreatment of others. There are generally three ways people adapt to schemas formed by childhood experiences: surrendering by repeatedly acting them out; avoiding them through escape or denial; or overcompensating by behaving in the opposite way schemas make them feel. Common maladaptive coping responses include aggression, dependence, social withdrawal, stimulation-seeking, and addictive behaviors.

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    The passage discusses different coping styles people use to deal with difficult childhood environments and schemas, and how these coping styles can become maladaptive as adults if not addressed.

    The three general ways people adapt to their schemas are: surrender, avoidance, and overcompensation.

    Some common maladaptive coping responses under overcompensation include aggression/hostility, dominance/excessive self-assertion, recognition-seeking/status-seeking, manipulation/exploitation, passive-aggressiveness/rebellion, and excessive orderliness/obsessionality.

    COPING STYLES

    Different people cope with their schemas in different ways. This explains why children raised in the
    same environment can appear to be so different. For example, two children with abusive parents may
    respond very differently. One becomes a passive, frightened victim, and remains that way throughout
    life. The other child becomes openly rebellious and defiant, and may even leave home early to
    survive as a teenager on the streets.

    Partly this is because we have different temperaments at birth. Temperamentally, we may tend to be
    more frightened, active, outgoing, or shy. Our temperaments push us in certain directions.

    Partly this is because we may unconsciously choose different parents to "copy" or model ourselves
    after. For example, because an "abuser" often marries a "victim," the child in this family could model
    either the abusive parent, the victimized parent, or have elements of both coping styles.

    We view coping styles as normal attempts on the part of the child to survive in a difficult childhood
    environment. Unfortunately, we keep repeating our coping styles throughout adulthood, even when
    we no longer need them to survive.

    Most of the time, as adults, these coping styles lead us to act in ways that end up blocking our
    development: for example, we may abuse alcohol, become excessively rigid and stubborn, isolate
    ourselves from other people, stop feeling emotions, or mistreat other people.

    According to our model, there are three general ways that we adapt to our schemas:

    Surrender, which means giving in to our schemas and repeating them over and over;
    Avoidance, which means finding ways to escape or block out our schemas; and

    Overcompensation, which means doing the opposite of what our schemas makes us feel.
    Common Maladaptive Coping Responses

    Overcompensation

    1. Aggression, Hostility: Counterattacks through defying, abusing, blaming, attacking, or criticizing


    others

    2. Dominance, Excessive Self-assertion: Controls others through direct means to accomplish goals

    3. Recognition-seeking, Status-seeking: Overcompensates through impressing, high achievement,


    status, attention-seeking, etc.

    4. Manipulation, Exploitation: Meets own needs through covert manipulation, seduction, dishonesty,
    or conning

    5. Passive-aggressiveness, Rebellion: Appears overtly compliant while punishing others or rebelling


    covertly through procrastination, pouting, “backstabbing,” lateness, complaining, rebellion, non-
    performance, etc.

    6. Excessive Orderliness, Obsessionality: Maintains strict order, tight self-control, or high level of
    predictability through order & planning, excessive adherence to routine or ritual, or undue caution.
    Devotes inordinate time to finding the best way to accomplish tasks or avoid negative outcomes.

    Surrender

    7. Compliance, Dependence: Relies on others, gives in, seeks affiliation, passive, dependent,
    submissive, clinging, avoids conflict, people-pleasing.
    Avoidance

    8. Social withdrawal, Excessive autonomy: Copes through social isolation, disconnection, and
    withdrawal. May demonstrate an exaggerated focus on independence and self-reliance, rather than
    involvement with others. Sometimes retreats through private activities such as excessive tv watching,
    reading, recreational computing, or solitary work.

    9. Compulsive Stimulation-seeking: Seeks excitement or distraction through compulsive shopping,


    sex, gambling, risk-taking, physical activity, novelty, etc.

    10. Addictive Self-Soothing: Avoids through addictions involving the body, such as alcohol, drugs,
    overeating, excessive masturbation, etc.

    11. Psychological Withdrawal: Copes through dissociation, numbness, denial, fantasy, or other
    internal forms of psychological escape

    COPYRIGHT 2012 , Jeffrey Young, Ph.D. Unauthorized reproduction without written consent of the
    author is prohibited. For more information, write: Schema Therapy Institute, 561 10th Ave., Suite
    43D, New York, NY 10036

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