I'm not sure whether this is similar to schema therapy, but in schema therapy we label certain ways of thinking as 'lifetraps". For example one of my biggest lifetrap is the 'defectiveness lifetrap' which is constant thoughts and fears about being a bad person. (Well much better now and I probably don't have this any more )
Anyway the idea of labelling this as a 'lifetrap' and trying to see it as a separate thing is that it helps you to get over the thoughts and fears and move past them, precisely by not seeing it as a fundamental part of oneself and who you are, but rather some unhelpful ways of thinking and beliefs that have come about as a result of difficult experience or trauma. So its reminding me a bit of what has been written on this thread because in this case you are encouraged to see these things as *not* a fundamental part of yourself.

I don't know if this is helpful, it's just something that I thought was interesting!

Also I also highly recommend the book 'The Body Keeps the Score', and I'm grateful to this forum because it was someone here who recommended it and I found it really helpful and it really helped me to understand a lot of things. Also if anyone is interested in a better explanation of schema therapy than what I can really give, I recommend 'Reinventing your life' or also 'Schema therapy: a practitioner's guide' which is aimed at therapists and more in-depth.