Emotional deprivation schemas are difficult to recognize at first, as there are often not many obvious symptoms.

It's just a vague feeling that something is missing in your life.

But not sure what it is. At first, in the definition of emotional deprivation schema, it should be said like an emptiness or vacuum, which happens to be real. This void of unmet emotional needs.

If the mother (or whoever was the primary caregiver) was not emotionally attuned to the individual's needs during childhood, this schema will soon develop.