One other theorist that Destiney can be compared to is Erik Erikson. Erik Erikson established eight stages of Psychosocial Development. These stages involved Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation, and Integrity vs. Despair. Destiny Hill has experienced two of the eight stages, which are Identity vs. Role Confusion and Intimacy vs. Isolation. Identity vs. Role Confusion begins in adolescence. This stage is also known as the Identity Crisis. During this stage, it often consists of a person asking the question who am I? The answer should be mutually agreeable to the individual and others around the individual.
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Destiney had experienced an identity crisis because she came from a childhood and entered teenage/adulthood. Intimacy vs. Isolation begins in young adulthood. Erikson theorized that intimacy does not occur until the identity is established. Intimacy involves sharing and giving to another person without being afraid of losing one’s self identity. If one does not experience intimacy, then they will be placed in isolation. Destiny could not experience intimacy because of her past sexual abuse. She had to move on and accept what happened to her and find someone that really loved her. She stated that she felt unlovable and that the world was against her because of what happened to her in her past. Destiny is now satisfied with her life and pleased with how everything is going. As a result, Destiny had returned to church on her own terms and she worked through some of her anger toward faith due traumas that occurred in her life. She attended counseling at the student counseling center on campus to assist with childhood trauma issues, feeling of abandonment, self-loathing, and feelings of …show more content…
It examined the characteristics of abuse and victims as well as developing profiles of older people at the risk of abuse. This article also discusses a parent and child relationship in abusive context. There are three explanations, theories such as co-dependency as a key dynamic in abusive relationships. The second is based on stress theories and historical cross-generation at explanation. The third and final is based on abusive relationships that relates to the abusive personality. The first abusive behavior is often a result of their experience of helplessness and lack of resources, even though they are aware of the negative consequences of the abusive behavior. The parents experience the feelings of commitment, love, anger, along with affection and pain. This trap both parents and children in the abusive situation. The second abusive behavior is sensible that they parent and children that’s committed and care is rewarded by the aged parent and therefore feel justified in engaging in punishing behavior against them. These actions may have expressed through the children’s control to seeking behavior, which is associated with helplessness in relation to parents. The third explanation of the abuse is difficult in meeting their own need, and as they perceive their parents to be responsible for these they are abusive towards their own children. “While these
Destiney had experienced an identity crisis because she came from a childhood and entered teenage/adulthood. Intimacy vs. Isolation begins in young adulthood. Erikson theorized that intimacy does not occur until the identity is established. Intimacy involves sharing and giving to another person without being afraid of losing one’s self identity. If one does not experience intimacy, then they will be placed in isolation. Destiny could not experience intimacy because of her past sexual abuse. She had to move on and accept what happened to her and find someone that really loved her. She stated that she felt unlovable and that the world was against her because of what happened to her in her past. Destiny is now satisfied with her life and pleased with how everything is going. As a result, Destiny had returned to church on her own terms and she worked through some of her anger toward faith due traumas that occurred in her life. She attended counseling at the student counseling center on campus to assist with childhood trauma issues, feeling of abandonment, self-loathing, and feelings of …show more content…
It examined the characteristics of abuse and victims as well as developing profiles of older people at the risk of abuse. This article also discusses a parent and child relationship in abusive context. There are three explanations, theories such as co-dependency as a key dynamic in abusive relationships. The second is based on stress theories and historical cross-generation at explanation. The third and final is based on abusive relationships that relates to the abusive personality. The first abusive behavior is often a result of their experience of helplessness and lack of resources, even though they are aware of the negative consequences of the abusive behavior. The parents experience the feelings of commitment, love, anger, along with affection and pain. This trap both parents and children in the abusive situation. The second abusive behavior is sensible that they parent and children that’s committed and care is rewarded by the aged parent and therefore feel justified in engaging in punishing behavior against them. These actions may have expressed through the children’s control to seeking behavior, which is associated with helplessness in relation to parents. The third explanation of the abuse is difficult in meeting their own need, and as they perceive their parents to be responsible for these they are abusive towards their own children. “While these