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The Birth
Amilio (age 1) came to the world in a toxic household with an absent father missing a key figure in the developmental early years. In Erickson 1st stage Trust vs Mistrust. The important bond that is created in the beginning of life installs comfort, love and protection. A lack of can lead to anxiety fear and mistrust via the outside world. -
Initiative vs Guilt
Amilio (age 5). critical parental lack of support and controlling manners leads to a lack of ambition and feelings of not belonging, preventing the progressional building of interactive skills needed to excel with a playmate resulting in a life of solitude. Erickson's stage 3 states an interacting social environment through the incorporation of play. A child develops self-confidence and learns to enjoy having a sense of purpose. -
Intimacy vs isolation
Amilio (age 45) failed experience of a long-term loving relationship with Patty led to loneliness and rejection, which contributed to a path of alcoholism found as a coping mechanism to stray away from trauma experienced in a previous intimate relationship. Erikson's fifth stage, intimacy vs. isolation, shows the connection between personal long term relationships built with no expectation of loneliness