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2005-2011
Between the ages of six through 11, I had always felt a sense of pride and accomplishment around friends and family. I always had satisfactory grades, participated in lots of sports and was constantly praised at home for it.
In Erkison's fourth stage, industry versus inferiority,
The stage when children start to compare themselves to their friends and others which can either help develop pride and accomplishment or negatively create a complex of inferiority. -
2010-2016
I graduated high school at age 17 and I struggling to figure out what I wanted to do with myself, at that point I was trying to figure that out since I entered middle school at age 12. I wanted to take a year off after high school but I started college that next semester because of my parents wishes for me. Not what I wanted in the beginning.
In Erikson's fifth stage, identity versus role confusion.
The battle to find yourself versus conforming to what your parents and others want for you. -
2019
As a young adult, about to turn 21, I've been struggling to maintain a healthy relationship with my boyfriend and also my friends. I've been trying to find a balance between self love and my purpose and also keeping a healthy relationship with others. It -
2019
My boyfriend and my friends having been keeping a distance from me lately, because now at age 21, I've been struggling to balance self love and finding myself while also maintaining my relationships with them as well. It's been putting a wall between us and I feel isolated in a way.
In Erikson's sixth stage, intimacy versus isolation,
the struggle develop and maintain successful intimate relationships with other people while keeping a sense of self and avoiding isolation.
