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I do believe that early childhood experiences affect your later relationships because this is the time when you learn to overcome fears and develop self-confidence. If a child is repressed or abandoned during this stage, he or she might develop a sense of freedom without limitations or trust issues. Undoubtedly, these issues will affect later relationships whenever they get to a deeper point. However, there is a psychological technique called repression which I’ve used a couple of times, but not with early childhood experiences. Actually it was like 3 years ago, something hurtful happened, and I decided to shut down my feelings and repress them. Certainly, we are not prisoners of our past, but it does not mean that we are going to forget a bad event overnight. I believe a successful life depends a lot in a good attitude. The way in which we face situations in life determine what kind of person you are. My two last romantic attachments were very similar, and even though the persons had similar personalities, they did have differences especially in the way they treated me. One was more affectionate than the other, and this difference is explained by their early childhood experiences. One is not good at expressing his feelings and comes from a family with a whole lot of issues. The other is very caring and loving and he comes from a united family who always treated him with love, since he was a toddler.