It would be an interesting poll of those on this thread to see just how many people are guilty of similar dismantling behaviours as kids!!! I suspect it might be quite close to 100%...
Pro tip : don't break-open "walls" to subconsciousness BEFORE you have extensive knowledge how it SHOULD work.
I did it prematurely, so I had to cope with chaotic mess that poured out AND do research on this subject simultaneously.
It was intense, and I was on the verge of failing for extended period of time, but I don't regret anything.
Sometimes you just can't keep patching the code, you need to rewrite most of it from the scratch.