My Erikson Development Timeline by

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 14:16:40 UTC

According to Erikson, "infants develop a sense of the reliability of people and objects". In my early childhood, trust and mistrust was a big thing for me. My mom worked third shift at a factory so I would go over to my grandma's and spend the day with her until my mom could pick me up. After a while, my parents had split and I had to go back and forth from my moms, my grandmas, my birth fathers, and his parents houses. It was hard for me to know who I could and could not trust due to the fact that I was never in the same spot for more than a few days at a time.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 14:22:06 UTC

According to Erikson, "children achieve a balance between self-determination and control by others". In this stage of my life, I struggled a lot with being a daddy's girl but not getting the attention that a child could get. I didn't think I was worth that much when I would go over to my birth father's house. My brother is three years older than me, so he didn't enjoy a lot of the things that I did. I felt alone most of the time and not knowing where my place was.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 14:27:00 UTC

According to Erikson, "children balance the urge to pursue goals with reservations about doing so". As I had gotten older, I realized that I didn't want to leave my moms house every other weekend. She knew this, but deep down I knew that I couldn't admit that to my father since it was in their agreement. It never bothered him for us to just not show up because of having other things to do. After a while, I would get dropped off by my mom and stepdad and I'd hang out with him for a little bit and beg him to take me to my grandma's because I felt more loved and safer with her than I did with him. This brought me so much guilt as a child because I like to please people. I strongly dislike being the reason for someone's pain.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 14:34:42 UTC

According to Erikson, "a child seeks to develop a coherent sense of self, including the role he or she is to play in society". Age 12-18 would have to be the hardest times that I've been through. I had went through so much before getting into middle school and Junior High. I had been bullied by so many people for being too emotional. When I had entered high school, it progressively got worse. I was so emotional to the point where I'd have to leave class just so I can cry it off and feel better about it. I didn't have a perfect life by no means, but through those ages I loved the people I had in my life and the family that I had been given. I had endured so much that I had been more mature than most of the kids my age. The thinks that I had witnessed as I got older made me realize to not take anything for granted so I did just that. I kept to myself and only communicated with those who actually cared about me.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 14:58:19 UTC

According to Erikson, "The major conflict at this stage of life centers on forming intimate, loving relationships with other people". This was one of the hardest changes in my life that I've had to go through. I had a few boyfriends here and there but nothing too serious until I became a freshman. I met this boy and he was a junior at the time and it was all going great until covid hit. When covid became serious, he changed a lot. There had been a lot of things in between that had happened that not many people don't know about. After that ended, I finally found my self worth and I found my favorite person to every spend time with. When it comes to friends, I had a rough time trying to find friends that were truthful towards me. I have realized that after graduating, the true friends stick by me and the ones that didn't matter as much have moved on.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 15:16:31 UTC

According to Erikson, "makes progress through a series of stages as they develop and grow". This stage is different for everyone because people process things differently. I'm one that is very emotional. I show my emotions no matter how I'm feeling at that given time. The emotion I go to the most is crying. I happy cry, sad cry, angry cry, and stress cry.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 15:54:17 UTC

According to Erikson, "middle-aged adults strive to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by parenting children or fostering positive changes that benefit others". As of now, I am a substitute teacher. It is honestly the best job for me because I love working with children. My students always hug me in the hallway whether I'm their sub or not, come into the room and hug me, or come up to me in public and they will talk to me and introduce me to their parents. I feel like I've already made a huge impact on some of the students that I have subbed for.

bbell134 — 2023-12-14 15:59:18 UTC

According to Erikson, "the key conflict centers on questioning whether or not the individual has led a meaningful life". From experience, some people go way too soon and others finish out what they were meant to do. So many people pass knowing that what they have done has made them or others proud of them. Everyone comes across a broken area in their path but all that matters is that the way you handled it, it makes you proud.