Introduction
My parents were going through a divorce/separation, and I was placed in the very middle of it all. This paper will be about the experience as a whole from start to finish. They had been having marriage problems since before me and my youngest sister were born. That was the reason they had two more kids. I was officially brought into the light about everything when I was in the seventh grade, thanks to my father. This whole experience has left many physical, mental, and emotional scars. In this paper I am going to be using the Erik Erikson 's Psychosocial theory to tell you about my experience, and how it impacted my development.
Discussion
In my seventh grade year, I thought I was spending quality time with my father. In reality he was trying to get …show more content…
I was not being protected from one of the most dangerous situation concerning my individual/identity development. I was being divided in two, both emotionally and physically. Body language shows that when you 're feet point out/ away from each other you have two different conflicts going on inside of you. My feet started pointed out along with my toes, index fingers and my forehead (the plates of the skull). I had role confusion and was being a replacement for my mom, therapist, and other roles. One day he told me that I need to let my mom know, if she was going to leave him that I was going to stay with him. I did; I thought I was doing the right thing, but really I was just a pawn in his game. Fast forward a bit, I slumped into deep depression (Berk, 2014). I began physically making myself sick when they would get into loud arguments; I would try to leave home for most weekends choosing to stay with relatives. I was terrified to talk/ask my parents for anything or tell them anything, figuring it would end in a fight or get me into trouble or worse. I had devastatingly low self esteem (Berk,
My parents were going through a divorce/separation, and I was placed in the very middle of it all. This paper will be about the experience as a whole from start to finish. They had been having marriage problems since before me and my youngest sister were born. That was the reason they had two more kids. I was officially brought into the light about everything when I was in the seventh grade, thanks to my father. This whole experience has left many physical, mental, and emotional scars. In this paper I am going to be using the Erik Erikson 's Psychosocial theory to tell you about my experience, and how it impacted my development.
Discussion
In my seventh grade year, I thought I was spending quality time with my father. In reality he was trying to get …show more content…
I was not being protected from one of the most dangerous situation concerning my individual/identity development. I was being divided in two, both emotionally and physically. Body language shows that when you 're feet point out/ away from each other you have two different conflicts going on inside of you. My feet started pointed out along with my toes, index fingers and my forehead (the plates of the skull). I had role confusion and was being a replacement for my mom, therapist, and other roles. One day he told me that I need to let my mom know, if she was going to leave him that I was going to stay with him. I did; I thought I was doing the right thing, but really I was just a pawn in his game. Fast forward a bit, I slumped into deep depression (Berk, 2014). I began physically making myself sick when they would get into loud arguments; I would try to leave home for most weekends choosing to stay with relatives. I was terrified to talk/ask my parents for anything or tell them anything, figuring it would end in a fight or get me into trouble or worse. I had devastatingly low self esteem (Berk,