You don't have to remember your childhood to benefit from this process!!!!

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It is "reasonable" for people to assume "facts" that are not really true.  One of those is that one must remember one's childhood and the origin of one's beliefs at the time.  That is a myth or a conclusion that is just not valid.

The purpose of looking at one's beliefs is to expose the "non-thinking, non-logical" beliefs so that one is no longer the victim of them.  One is just looking at the thinking behind a belief, the ABC's so to speak.   "I think this is true and what I base that on is this and this and this.  But I now see that what I base the belief on is in fact not true.  So, as I look at it and gather alternatives, I am now choosing this new belief that will work better for me, as it is based on facts and truth"   

Every "process" in the real world looks like an ABCD diagram, with "steps" leading to a result of some sort, which in turn will tend to become one of the steps in causing another result later.   (See What Is Reality? and the discussion of causes and effects in the real world.)

If we are anxious all the time, a simplified version of the process looks like this 

A --->  B -->  C -->  D --> resulting belief --> effect on life and emotions

Where each A B C is a belief or process of some sort.

This is an example.

"I am powerless.  I must have the approval of others, as I am dependent on them.  Approval from others gives me worth.  Therefore, I must be on the alert all the time, hoping things won't turn out badly, and not being in control of the results.  This scares me.  I am afraid.  I better not try anything because I might be judged and I might fail...."  (And one can reasonably conclude, in some form or another, that one has the thoughtless belief that this is somehow threatening to one's life...)

"To uncover this, did I need to go back and remember my childhood?"  

No!  

You just needed to sit down, hopefully with help so that the process is more productive, and come up with the possible thinking behind the conclusions (beliefs) you've made up about life.  

It does not matter if you remember how you thought it up as a child!!!  In fact, few will be able to remember what exactly happened at the time, as your child brain does not remember it the same way you expect it to and it also embellishes or changes the memory.

So, no, it is a mistake (though an understandable misbelief) to think that one must "remember his childhood" to be able to engage in the thinking and looking process necessary to start off the re-thinking process that leads you to a whole new, better life.  All you need is a process and, in most cases, it is additionally beneficial to use some expert help to guide you better and give you better factual inputs and tactics.  

Use the forms on the site to do it yourself or consider using specialists that are proven to be effective.  In the latter category, the best I am aware of is The Hoffman Institute.  (On the site, see and use the Belief Process Forms.)

Whatever you do, don't, please (!!!), leave old stinking beliefs (that don't work and/or cause you emotional and/or real harm) lying around unprocessed, unrevised such that they keep causing the harm over and over and over and over and over....