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This is the first stage in Erikson's stage of psychosocial development, trust vs. mistrust.  This is the stage where the baby learns whether or not the parents (or the caregivers) will be able to meet their needs and their ability to care for the baby will result in trust, and inability to care for the baby will result in mistrust. This stage happens during the baby's infancy to about 18 months, according to the book. The book also said, "People need to trust the world and the people in it, but they also need to learn some mistrust to protect themselves from danger"(Martorelli, 14). For me, this was resolved with trust. My parents said that I was a happy and friendly baby, and they took care of me and didn't hurt me. My mom was a stay-at-home parent at the time, and she was very attentive to us kids. At that time, I was mostly in her care, and still have a really, really good relationship with her. I had an amazing mother and a supportive father to bring trust in to my life and to make me feel safe.

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This is the second stage in Erikson's stage of psychosocial development. It is where the child, from ages 18 months to 3 years begins to learn how to do things for themselves like going to the bathroom and playing. They will feel good about themselves and be somewhat self-sufficient or they will experience shame and doubt about their abilities. I think this resolved for me, in autonomy. I was able to feed myself mostly, and would play, and pick up blocks. My parents told me that I was very stubborn during this stage and wanted to do things by myself. The book mentioned the quote, "After all, if you feel others have your back, you are likely to try new things, and thus develop new skills,"(Martorelli, 14). I think my stage resolved in autonomy because my parents always praised me for the milestones I would reach and whenever I would do something new and different. I was able to make my own choices.

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This is the third stage, it happens around ages 3 to 6. This is the stage in which children have a growing sense of autonomy so they can start to take more initiative in doing new activities. The flip side to this is that they can also develop guilt. The book says "This conflict marks a split between two parts of the personality: the part that remains a child, full of exuberance and a desire to test new powers, and the part that is becoming an adult"(Martorelli, 72). I feel like this completely related to me when I was in this stage. My parents come from a culture that was authoritarian and expected my parents to raise their kids that way. From my parents, I was encouraged to take initiative, but from extended family, I was not. I felt like I was doing a balancing act. If I did what my parents wanted, my grandparents and extended family were disappointed and vice versa. Eventually, I grew from that stage, and eventually was resolved in initiative because to me, my parents were more important and their beliefs carried more weight.  I would play different games and make friends on the playground and that support has led me to the person I am today; a bubbly, open person.

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This is the stage in which children, aged 6-12 year, feel like they should learn what society expects of them, those skills that they are expected to learn, such as those fine motor skills like cutting paper, and accurately holding a pencil, reading and writing. To not do so, the child will feel incompetent. The book says, "Developing a sense of industry, by contrast, involves learning how to work hard to achieve goals,"(Martorelli, 93). My parents are first-generation Americans by immigration, they moved here and believed in the American dream. They taught me those ideals. I remember they would constantly tell me their stories and tell me to work hard. In school, I seriously struggled to learn math, so my mom went and bought me workbooks and would spend several hours a week working with me to make sure I understood math concepts and was able to do math problems so I would be prepared in school. My parents helped foster a good work ethic in school, and helped me become a very industrious person, it resolved in industry instead of inferiority.

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This is the stage that adolescents or teenagers go through, ages 12-19. During this stage, people go through puberty, and begin to mature more rapidly. They become more independent, and understand the role they will take when they are older. They start to look for relationships, and begin to cement who they are as a person. If a person doesn't know their identity, they will be confused about their role in life, according to Erikson. The book said, "Adolescence is a time to figure out who you are,"(Martorelli, 109). This is the stage that I am currently in. I am still finding out who I am as a person, and the people I want around me, especially as many of the people I have regularly hung out with are moving out of state to go to college. When COVID happened, I felt extremely isolated from my people, but I saw a quote that me rethink some of the people I had in my life. It was 'remember to choose people who choose you too.' That was a really sobering thought because I had relationships where I was giving people my time, my kindness, and my generosity, but they weren't reciprocating back and it made me realize that I needed to stop trying so hard to be friends with everybody and people who didn’t put effort into our friendship. I needed to be more secure and know my boundaries for people so I wasn't running myself ragged. I am still in this stage but I think it will, hopefully be resolved in the future because I am learning my role in society.

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This is the stage that happens from adolescence to adulthood, usually through ages 18-40. During this stage, people learn how to have relationships and develop those friendships in their lives, with their significant others, their familial bonds, and other people. People who don't do this will be isolated, or go through isolation and not experience that care and bond with other people. People seek commitment. The book says, "Sisters are higher in sibling intimacy than brothers or mixed sex dyads,"(Martorelli, 94).I have a sister, and even though we differ in age, I feel like we get along super well. I am not in this stage yet, but I am learning how to have relationships that challenge me in a good type of way. I'm ready to have intimate relationships with people who I can rely on, and they can rely on me. I think I will be someone who will have intimate relationships because I've been realizing the type of people I want around. I think it will be resolved when I feel like I have a group of friends that really support me and make me feel so loved.

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This stage is when the person who is an adult becomes aware of how they can contribute to the world. It happens from the ages of 40-65. According to the book, "Mature adult is concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment,"(Martorelli, 14). Some people may have kids and care for them, while others will find alternate ways to contribute to the world. If you don't, you will feel stagnant and stuck in life. I believe that I will be a generative person. I want to have kids one day, I want to be a mother, whether biological or adopted kids. I want to help the community, and reignite my passion for gardening when I'm an old lady.

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This is the last stage of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. It typically occurs after age 65 and ends at death. This is according to the book, "Elderly person achieves acceptance of own life, allowing acceptance and death, or else despairs about inability to relive life,"(Martorelli, 14). This is a stage in which I am unsure how I will resolve it. I like to think that I'll look back on my life and be like, 'heck yeah, that was amazing', but I genuinely don't know how to react. I think I'll overthink it and want to do more amazing things or wishing I did amazing things, but I hope I'm someone who goes with integrity.