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Identity Vs Role Confusion Essay

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In my opinion, I feel like I have already passed Erikson’s stage of Identity vs. Role Confusion. Up until two years ago, I was however still in the midst of that phase. I was not troubled by the development of an ethnic or religious identity, but I was definitely trying to understand what to do with my life in general. I especially had two concerns: understanding what career I wanted to pursue and whether I wanted to go back to my native country. In these two years I have undertaken many different experiences that allowed me to grow tremendously and that really helped me to understand what my life goals are. In fact, I understood that I want to pursue a career in the healthcare field, more specifically I dream to become an orthopedist, that I would like to keep living in the United States at least until the …show more content…

Isolation, which is the key psychological crisis of young adulthood. As the name itself suggests, such a phase consists in forming intimate relationships on the one hand and remaining lonely on the other. According to Erikson, those who are able to develop a strong sense of ego identity during adolescence will more likely be prepared in early adulthood to form intimate attachments; whereas, those who fail to achieve ego identity during adolescence will less likely form lasting relationships in early adulthood. I think that my current situation fits neither intimacy nor isolation, but it’s more a mix of the two. First of all, as explained in the previous paragraph, during my adolescence I was able to form ego identity, meaning that I really got to know myself and my direction in life. I also want to add that I am surely not that kind of person that lives passively, but contrarily I’m very active and I always put 100% in everything I do. Additionally, I have always been able to build lasting relationships and form intimate attachments with people. In fact, I have many

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