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Conception
I reached the egg...the others couldnt make it in.
As soon as I entr I begin to merge with the egg and become a zygote. -
Embryo
I begin to change shape and start to become an embryo.
My eyes begin to form and now I can start to see. I see that I am attached to my mother with a cord. -
Fetus
I have hands and legs now. I can kick and move around a bit.
My parents are trying to take a picture of me with a weird device. -
Birth
The moment I had been waiting for 10 long months has fianlly arrived. I am now free and I open my eyes to finally see my parents. -
Authoritative Parents
I have been blessed with authoritative parents. Even though they have strict rules and expectations and are very demanding I'm proud for what who they are and what they do for me day in and day out.
The most reasonable reason of my success so far is nothing but their encouragement and motivation. -
Finally home
First day in the arms of the person who was trying to contact me and had me inside of her for 9 long months. -
Trust VS mistrust
I am now carried around in something and get to see the world a little more. I am given everything by my caregivers only if I cry for a short amount of time. I am being provided with everything by my parents and therefore I cry only to be taken care of by them. I trust my mother to always be there for me. -
Autonomy vs Shame and doubt
I begin to kick and move my legs at this mysterious thing that fascinates me by making sounds everytime I kick it.The second stage of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development focuses on the part of life of when a toddler begins to exert his/her own will over hos/her body. This stage is also charecterized by Egocentrism.I developed a predilection to moving objects according to my mother as she says that when she would often feed me by making a spoon seem like a airplane. -
Movement
I begin to move at a steady pace to places I want to go to without people carrying me. I feel I can go wherever I want now. -
Initiative VS guilt
During the initiative versus guilt stage, children begin to assert their power and control over the world through directing play and other social interaction. During this stage, my mother tells me that I was really fond of bikes as my father owned and drove a real one. So they bought me many bikes to drive all around the house and as a result I love bikes to this day. -
Walking
now not only are my legs strong enough for me to ride a bike; but now I can walk and climb. I feel like an independent boy. -
Preoperational Stage
I am no more an infant. I can now walk, talk, and communicate. I don't wear diapers anymore. I feel like I have everything a boy needs to live life. -
Anal Stage
On my fourth Birthday I am caregorized as expulsive according to my mom who claims that I was most definitely out od control when it came down to the toilet training metter. -
First day of school (Conventional)
I am now old enough to go to a place called school. Many of my neighbours and cousins have gone to a place called kindergarten. I am being sent to no such place. Instead, I am sent to a place where my older brother already goes.
I learn what is right and what is wrong from my parents and teachers at this stage. -
7th Birthday (Postconventional)
I know who I am now. I've been blessed with a lot. I celebrate my 6th birthday knowing I'm more fortunate than many. -
Industry vs inferiority
According to Erikson, this is the stage in which we may realize we are behind or cannot do as well as our peers can which develops an inferiority complex.
Dancing being an important part of my culture, I once tried dancing and failed miserably after hitting my head on a wall. After being made fun of and ridiculed, I came to the conclusion that dancing was the last thing I would ever do. -
Industry VS inferiority
According to the industry vs inferiority theory we know that through social interactions, children begin to develop a sense of pride in their achivements and abilities.
I was always fond of riding bikes. My mother tells me that I won a silver medal in the one of the biking competitions my school had.
Courtesy of the concrete operational stage, I was able to have concepts of conservations which helped me a lot in winning cycling competitions. -
Formal Operations Stage, Identity Vs Role Confusion
According to Eriksen, this stage is the stage in which one discovers his/her social identity and finds out what he/she is most comfortable with. After trying my luck with math, science and soccer. I finally realised that cricket was where I shine brightest and therefore played it a lot and achieved a lot of accomplishments as a player. -
Latency Stage (Oedipus complex)
According to Sigmund Freud...I am now in the latency stage.
I go through repression of all sexuality for social and intellectual improvement.
I also go through the process known as the Oedipus complex in which I resent my father's relationship with my mother. -
Intimacy Vs Isolation
This stage of Eriksons theory covers the years of early adolescence. Erikson believed success in this stage of psychosocial development leads to strong relationships.
During this stage I found out that there was no one greater than family and I grew close to my cousins and siblings. I grew fond of playing with young children. I also realised that as a cohesive unit, a family can look better and acheive more. -
Genital Stage or puberty
According to Sigmund Freud's theory I reach my genital stage.
I am stimulated by increasing hormone levels and sexual energy wells up in full force which results in personal and family turmoil. -
Intimacy Vs Isolation
This stage covers the period of early adolescence when people are looking to estabilish relatioships with other people and are trying to balance their ties and efforts between work.
I meet some of the greatest people in the world who grow close to me and tend to spend time with me on a regular basis. -
Intimacy Vs Isolation
This stage in Erikson's theory covers the period of early adulthood when people are exploring personal relationships.
On a momentous occasion on 12/12/12 Omera asks me out and I'm lost for words. I can't help but say yes and we grow closer and closer as every day and second that goes by.
We begin to feel a connection now that we have estabilished a relationship. I spend more time with her then anyone else. -
Postconventional
I begin to evalaute a moral choice using postconventional reasoning. I buiild a school with the help of my friends in China and controbute my time, money and effort to a charity group called GBAC. I begin to ask myself if I can be the change I want in the world. -
Formal Operations (University) - Gaining Metacognition
This stage in Piagets theory is known as the foraml operations stage in which adolescents develop the capacity for abstract, systematic, scientific thinking. To reach this stage I would go to a well accredited University and receive a varied experience which would benefit me by improving my abstract reasoning, systematic and scientific thinking. -
Generativity Vs Stagnation
Generativity versus stagnation is the seventh stage of Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. At this stage I think ahead and wonder what's going to be best for myself and my soon to come family.
I hope ot graduate in this year and look for a good job which can meet my financial balances and fulfill my basic needs. -
Finally a Chartered Accountant
3 years after getting my bachelors degree I finally acheive my lifelong dream of becoming a chartered accountant.
I have now proven everyone who told me I couldn't do it and have accomplished something I can be proud of. -
Barclays Bank offers me a job
After working hard for 26 years, the number one bank of the United Kingdom offers me to work for them for a hefty sum. -
Generativity Vs Stagnation (Marriage)
I chose my life path at this stage by marrying the love of my life and hope that she brings the positive changes to my life. -
Its a boy! (Generativity Vs Stagnation)
After being married for two years my wife gives birth to a boy who is as cute as her. -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
I am inducted into the association of Chartered Certified Accountants -
Reflection on life (Integrity Vs Despair)
Integrity versus despair is the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.
When the people I love start to leave me, when I have no more parents, I begin to reflect on my life abd wonder about what I've done in my life for myself and the world I live in. My accomplishments, my wife, my child, my efforts for barclays and most importantly my meaningful contributions for the benefit of society will give me a meaningful sense of success and accomplishment. -
Death
I die at the age of 67 and get to finally see if I had worshipped a God who really existed or was it just how I thought he was the one doing everything when in reality I was just living my life.
