The sixth psychosocial stage of the eight psychosocial stages occurs in a person’s young adulthood, which is around the age of 19 through age 40. Erikson identified this stage as intimacy v. isolation. In this stage, the most important events are with love relationships. At this time, individuals face the developmental task of forming intimate relationships with others. No matter how successful you are with your work, said Erikson, you are not developmentally complete until you are capable of intimacy. Erikson describes intimacy as finding oneself yet losing oneself in another. An individual who has not developed a sense of identity usually will fear a committed relationship and may retreat into isolation. Adult individuals can form close relationships and share with others if they have achieved a sense of identity. If the young adult forms healthy friendships and an intimate relationship with another individual, intimacy will be achieved. If not, they will fear commitment, feel isolated and unable to depend on anybody in the world. I am not in this stage yet, but I think I will be scared of a committed relationship due to the fact that I have yet to develop a sense of identity. Yet, I am always interested in committed relationships. Right now, I can not wait to have a kid. That may be a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing. I think I would be ready to take care of family, because my parents were very good parents.

If this crisis is not successfully resolved, the person will remain self-centered and experience stagnation later in life. My parents are around this age, and they are all about pushing us children in the direction of a successful life. They are always involved in my school life and are always interested in what I am doing in school. So, I think I will be just the same way. I will put my kids lives in front of mine, and do what is needed for them to succeed.

Erikson’s third psychosocial stage occurs during early childhood, which is around the ages of 2 to age 6. Erikson called this stage initiative v. guilt. When a child is in their early childhood, they are much more active than they ever were before. They push there bodies to their limits through running and playing with others. That is because children in their early childhood start developing motor skills, and they start to become more and more engaged in interacting with others around them. In this stage, a child must learn how to achieve a balance between their eagerness for more adventure and more responsibility. They must learn to control themselves and their childish fantasies. They must also develop a judgement for what is right and for what is wrong. If a parent in this stage encourages their child but also keeping them in line through disipline, the child will learn to engage in independent activities without any guilt. They will also learn that certain things they do are bad, but, at the same time, will not feel bad for using their imagination and creativity in their play with others or make believe role playing when by himself. If the parent is not encouraging or is too harsh or too constant in their discipline, the child may develop a sense of guilt in all he/she does and may come to believe it is wrong to be independent. When I was around this stage, my parents used to give me the name kulit, which means annoying or crazy in my language. My brother and I used to attend a child care facility owned by my grandmother. They were the ones who taught us discipline. We did what we were supposed to, and we were rewarded with play time or extra activities. If we did not do what were supposed to, then we were sent to the corner where we had to kneel for a certain period of time. In doing this, I developed a judgment for right and wrong, and learned to do things that were expected from us.

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