Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Identity crisis

I'm having an Identity crisis.

I don't know who or what am I.
and those of you who's going to say "you're a human being". You can just go click the little cross at the top right hand corner. I'm in no mood to entertain you.

Erik Erikson, the psychologist who coined the term identity crisis, believes that the identity crisis is the most important conflict human beings encounter when they go through eight developmental stages in life. According to Erikson, an identity crisis is a time of intensive analysis and exploration of different ways of looking at oneself.



If you find yourself (again) in an identity crisis, you can look at seven areas of difficulty in which to work towards a resolution.

  • Time Perspective
    Can you distinguish immediate gratification from long-term goals? Have you learnt to balance between jumping at opportunities as soon as they are presented to you and working steadily and patiently towards your long-term goal?

  • Self-Certainty
    Do you feel consistent in your self-image and the image you present to others?

  • Role Experimentation
    Have you tried different roles in search of the one that feels right to you?

  • Anticipation of Achievement
    Do you believe that you will be successful in what you choose to do -- whether your role is at the work front or home front?

  • Sexual Identity
    Do you feel comfortable being a male or a female, and dealing with others as such?

  • Leadership polarization
    Are you able to become both a leader and a follower, whichever is called for in a given situation?

  • Ideological convictions
    Have you found a set of basic social, philosophical, or religious values that your outlook on life can be based upon?


Time to work towards a resolution.
erm.. what's a resolution arh?

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