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Stage 1 is from ages birth-18 months. According to the book, this stage is where children learn the good from the bad in the world. My personal experience is that as a child my father was very in and out of my life and so I have a hard time trusting people and believing that people are going to stay when they say they are going to stay in my life.

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This is stage 2 it occurs from ages 18 months to 3 years. According to the book this is the stage where a child develops a balance of independence and self-sufficiency over shame and doubt. With my personal experience I wanted to move a tv by myself because my dad was gone and my mom was always working. However, when it fell on me I eventually had to tell my mom and I felt very ashamed that I had to ask for help. When I was talking to her she told me that I she was not mad at me and that she just wanted me to ask for help so that I didn’t get hurt next time.

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This is stage 3 and it occurs from ages 3-6 years old. According to the book, this is the stage in which a child develops initiative when trying new activities and not be overwhelmed by guilt. However, with my personal experience it was not with trying new activities. I was always told that I talk too much so I always felt guilty when I would talk often or even ask questions.

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According to the book this is the stage from ages 6 to 12 years old, children must learn skills of the culture or face feelings of incompetence. My personal experience is that I thought that I needed to look a certain way to get boys to stop commenting on my bodies. So I started running on cross country to try and stay in shape however that only lasted about 4 years before I realized that I did not need to do that and other peoples opinions didn’t matter to me.

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Stage 5 occurs from 12 to 18 years old. According to the book this stage is when adolescents must determine sense of self or experience confusion about roles. My personal experience is that when I was 16 I was told I had to get a job and I had to miss out on my teenage years because I had to work all the time.

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This stage occurs from ages 19-40 years old. The book defines this as person seeks to make commitments to others or may suffer from isolation and self-absorption. My personal experience is that I grew up in a family that personal affection was not very often. As a result of that If I am not comfortable with someone then I will not be intimate with them therefore I feel like I isolate myself from people who are not close to me.

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This stage is from ages 40 to 65 years old. According to the book this is the stage where mature adults are concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment. I don’t have any personal experience for this stage however my mom often talks about how my generation is different from hers. However, I feel as if the older generation tends to see it as a competition on whose generation is tougher.

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This stage occurs from ages 65 to death. The book describes this stage as an elderly person achieves acceptance of own life, allowing acceptance of death, or else despairs over inability to relive life. My personal experience is that I have been depressed when my life is not going how I expect it to. However, I have to remember that I am young and I have many years to experience the life I want.