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Infants gain trust when their caregiver responds to their needs. Babies learn mistrust when they are neglected or harshly cared for. My mom told me she would occasionally let me cry myself to sleep, only when she was sure I was fed, changed, and not hurt. She said as a baby I wanted to be held all the time and would never want to sleep. I do believe I achieved this stage as I did and still do "trust in the good of the world" as the book stated.

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At this stage children want to make their own decisions. By allowing children to make their own choices, reasonably, their caregiver is promoting autonomy. When a child is consistently forced or shamed into a choice, they learn shame and doubt. As a child my mom was very much a control freak. She was a young mom, 21 with two toddlers, so she liked things done a certain way. She often controlled our choices, she admitted. She told me that I always wanted to pick out my own clothes but she refused to let me because my choices were always shorts and snow boots in the middle of 40 degree weather. She also admitted to giving us very few choices to make when we were younger and even chose what we watched everyday. I do believe I left this stage with shame and doubt. For many years after and even now, I still feel pressured by the smallest decisions and I feel relief and embarrassed when someone else makes a choice for me. In this situation I do believe "the seeds (were) sown for adjustment problems". (pg. 173).

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When parents support a child's imaginative play and their child's search for who they want to be and their purpose the child can gain initiative. If parents force self control on the child too often the child can experience excessive guilt. Around this time I began showing symptoms of ADHD and a lack of impulse control. I was still very young and was not diagnosed until I was six so the years leading up to that my mom said she tried to teach me to control my actions and she did end up yelling and punishing me a lot. These punishments and criticism most likely gave me what Erikson called an "overly strict superego, or conscience". (pg. 246). I do believe I left this stage with Guilt.

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When children begin schooling they start learning to work and cooperate with other students. Cooperating with others is known as industry. When negative experiences happen with peers, at school or at home a child can develop inferiority and feelings of incompetence. During this period in my life I was bouncing back and forth between my moms house and my dads house. I would switch between two schools almost every year if not more than once a year. This caused me to be behind and feeling like I would never catch up. I also missed out on many experiences like Flat Stanley, book fairs, after school, activities and being able to join clubs. This constant chnage in routine, friends, and even family structure. This caused me to experience inferiority and a "lack in self confidence in (my) ability to do things well" (pg. 321.) because everything was constantly changing and nothing was permanent so I felt as though I would not be able to catch up.

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At this stage adolescents begin to explore different values and career and life goals. They also begin to form a personal identity. Teens can experience a negative outcome of confusion about their adult lives and roles if they do not succeed this stage. Throughout high school I didn't really have a whole lot of motivation or guidance and I just didn't want to try. I am now in college and I've switched my major 3 times and I'm still struggling with deciding what I want to do as a career. But I am finding my way out of this identity crisis, or " temporary period of distress as (I) experiment with alternatives". (pg 398.)

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During this stage young adults begin to form intimate relationships. If these adults experienced difficulties or disappointments in earlier stages, some may not be able to form bonds with other people. I personally feel like I have so far been able to see a positive resolution in this stage. I am still experiencing young adult so it can still change but I have a few people who I love and trust completely.

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Generativity is adding something to the next generation by having children, caring for people, or work that can positively affect the future. A person who doers not accomplish these things feels like they have not had any meaningful accomplishments and experiences stagnation. I hope to achieve Generativity by having children, teaching my kids to be good people and to do good things in the world and by becoming a teacher.

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Integrity is a result of feeling as though ones life was worth living and they are satisfied with themselves and their accomplishments and choices. Older people who are dissatisfied with their lives and the outcome experience despair and a fear of death. I hope to achieve integrity and know that I made a difference and that I created a family that loved and supported each other.