I have called the major crisis of adolescence the identity crisis; it occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge for himself some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of the anticipated adulthood; he must detect some meaningful resemblance between what he has come to see in himself and what his sharpened awareness tells him others judge and expect him to be. | |
— Erik H. Erikson | |
From his book: “Young Man Luther: A Study In Psychoanalysis And History“ | |
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Archive for October 16th, 2015
Some Meaningful Resemblance
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