I am a typical 19 year old female. I was born on August 5th 1996 and like most people my age, I do not have my life plan figured out completely. I was born in Greeley, Colorado and I moved to a small town in Texas at the age of one. I grew up very religious as a Roman Catholic, often attending church and I also spent my Sunday evenings at Sunday school until I moved to Brighton with my family at the age of ten. I’ve always been made aware of my Mexican culture by my parents, however we did not often celebrate it I just knew of it. I am the second and the last child of my parents and my older brother is always around. I used to be a nursing student at Regis University, but for many reasons that I will get into later, that did not work out for
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Although they adequately took care of my needs nor was I neglected, in fact I was the center of attention to my parents as a baby I was very fussy. However, according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, my needs were met because I was very well nurtured to the point where I am not greedy and I do enjoy deep relationships to a degree. According to an article I stumbled upon, which can be found on FlowPsychology, I may have been over indulged due to having some of the traits that allude to over indulgence as a baby. Although I do not feel a sense of entitlement, I often have feelings of hopelessness and I am still dependent of my parents. I am trying to break free from the issue however it is proving to be rather difficult. Looking at Erikson’s model of development, I believe that I may have a high score on trust vs. mistrust in most aspects. I believe I have a low mistrust towards the opposite gender when it comes to romance but the issues there I believe happened in the phallic/preschool stage. Despite these issues, intrapersonal relationships are very important to me but I have an issue with making romantic intimate relationships. With friends and family, I have very complex and positive connections but romantically I …show more content…
I have many distinct memories of autonomy versus shame and doubt. My parents often told me I can do anything I want, but when I made a mistake, I was just told I was wrong. Baumrind’s three styles of caregiving which can be found on page 287 of The Developmental Person shows both of my parent’s styles. My mother is an authoritarian style and my father is an authoritative style. My mom would always shame and doubt me whenever I did something wrong and would not let me try things again and just do it for me. She also had high expectations of me, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, she always told me to “grow up” even as a child and would not let me experiment and pushed gender norms on me heavily. My father had high expectations of me as well but not to the degree of my mother and during this stage of my life I realized my father is the compassionate parent and that was just the way my mother was. Freud’s theory, which is explained in our handout we were given in the beginning of class, would suggest that I may have an anal fixation due to my period during the anal stage. I dispute that I do not feel the need to possess any power nor do I feel like I have a lot of rage or aggression as I consider myself to be very levelheaded and I often avoid conflict or I resolve it in a peaceful
Although they adequately took care of my needs nor was I neglected, in fact I was the center of attention to my parents as a baby I was very fussy. However, according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, my needs were met because I was very well nurtured to the point where I am not greedy and I do enjoy deep relationships to a degree. According to an article I stumbled upon, which can be found on FlowPsychology, I may have been over indulged due to having some of the traits that allude to over indulgence as a baby. Although I do not feel a sense of entitlement, I often have feelings of hopelessness and I am still dependent of my parents. I am trying to break free from the issue however it is proving to be rather difficult. Looking at Erikson’s model of development, I believe that I may have a high score on trust vs. mistrust in most aspects. I believe I have a low mistrust towards the opposite gender when it comes to romance but the issues there I believe happened in the phallic/preschool stage. Despite these issues, intrapersonal relationships are very important to me but I have an issue with making romantic intimate relationships. With friends and family, I have very complex and positive connections but romantically I …show more content…
I have many distinct memories of autonomy versus shame and doubt. My parents often told me I can do anything I want, but when I made a mistake, I was just told I was wrong. Baumrind’s three styles of caregiving which can be found on page 287 of The Developmental Person shows both of my parent’s styles. My mother is an authoritarian style and my father is an authoritative style. My mom would always shame and doubt me whenever I did something wrong and would not let me try things again and just do it for me. She also had high expectations of me, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, she always told me to “grow up” even as a child and would not let me experiment and pushed gender norms on me heavily. My father had high expectations of me as well but not to the degree of my mother and during this stage of my life I realized my father is the compassionate parent and that was just the way my mother was. Freud’s theory, which is explained in our handout we were given in the beginning of class, would suggest that I may have an anal fixation due to my period during the anal stage. I dispute that I do not feel the need to possess any power nor do I feel like I have a lot of rage or aggression as I consider myself to be very levelheaded and I often avoid conflict or I resolve it in a peaceful