Eriksonian Psychosocial Crisis
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Eriksonian Psychosocial Crisis
A memorable experience in which I faced the Erikson’s psychosocial crisis was during my adolescence when the struggle was between developing a clear self-identity and stagnating in role confusion (Narvacan, 2013). When I joined high school at 13, I remember writing in the admissions testimonials that I wanted to be a doctor. It was truly my childhood dream because my dad was a doctor and I wanted to be like him. Somewhere along the way, I suddenly developed a wide range of career interest and I wanted to be almost everything. Confusion set in because my personal expectations did not meet my real experiences in school. The desire to be a physician was lived on but was threatened by my lack of interest in Chemistry. At the time, I was doing very well in French and English and I was already considering pursuing linguistics though the thought of it did not appeal to me as of being a doctor. When I was about 16 years old and almost done with high school, I suddenly developed keen interest in music too. I loved music so I wanted to sing and play the piano. I thought music was what I am supposed to do for the rest of my life. However, I realized I was poor at coordinating with other artists and I always caused disharmony from time to time. Therefore I was never incorporated into the band except during practices. This caused me so much frustration that I could not even concentrate in my final high school year.
My teachers noticed my lack of interest in school and talked to me about it. Through their advice, I sought career guidance and was guided to pursue what I was best at, which was language and let go of ambitions in areas I would struggle too much to excel. I chose to be an excellent linguist rather than a mediocre doctor or musician. My Eriksonian psychosocial crisis exposed me to