ERIK ERIKSON 8 STAGES Essay

To this day all of America celebrates Columbus Day in honor of him discovering North America. But what if a mistake was made in acknowledging Columbus as the founder? What if somebody else found it first? Years later we’ve traced back 500 years before Columbus was even born and found that he was not the first person to discover America..a Viking named Leif Eriksson was. (Erikssons story was sadly duped with some made up story so no one knows for sure which story to believe.)

Hello reader, I’m about to tell you a story of some of my life. I am not normally one to volunteer details about myself, which I’ll remain somewhat reserved or completely leave some events out of this autobiography. Nonetheless, I believe I can still make my story interesting for the reader. I was born 1979, in Tampa, Florida; which, is also the same day my biological father decided to leave my mother and I. My mother isn’t a native Floridian, but had moved there with her family when she was still an infant, and had spent most of her life growing up in Florida. Needless to say, my father leaving was not an exciting time for my mother and I. Although she was employed Jimmy Cater was president and had taken the nation into

I was born May, 30th 1989 at Wadley Medical in Texarkana, Ar. I was born to Kym Crispino from Queens, NY and William Lee of Hot Springs, Ar. My parents were young when they had me. We were very poor at times, but they always made sure I had what I needed. I was an only child, but grew up around plenty of cousins. I have lived in Texarkana my entire life. My parents split up when I was twelve, and my mother and I moved out into the country on a dead-end street with no children in the area, I became very sheltered and a little socially awkward.

I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 22, 2002 to Matt and Rachel Eilers I was born at Mercy Medical Center. On the twenty third of February I got to go to my home at 7526 Cattail Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My room had blue curtains; I still can remember it. My brother was born on October 11, 2006. At the age of 5 years old I had brain surgery due to my Chiari malformation. I went to kindergarten on August 20, 2008 at Holloway House. My preschool and kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Varn.

I’m just a girl from a small town called Dale, South Carolina. I grew up here most of my life but I’ve been back and forth to North Carolina. I currently live in Burton, South Carolina now still with my parents and other three siblings. As a child, I was troubled. I grew up as a preacher’s kid it runs in the family. I hardly missed a Sunday of church but that still didn’t stop me from acting up in school. I knew better then to act the way I did but I always had to prove myself to somebody. I was always named a bully because of my size even before somebody took the time to get to know me I guess that’s the life I chose. I live with both my mom and dad, plus my 3 siblings. I have 4 siblings total but I only see my other sister on my dad’s side

I was born in Craven Community Hospital in New Bern North Carolina on Thursday, May 23,1991. Craven Community Hospital is the only hospital in New Bern, both of my parents born in the same hospital. New Bern is a very small city in North Carolina many people have never heard of it, a lot of my family on both sides still live there. Like most cities in North Carolina, they are retirement cities, everything moves slow down there and there isn’t much for young people to do. Due to this, my parents moved from New Bern when I was about six months old, we moved to Maryland with my grandmother, my mom’s mother. We lived with her until my parents were able to get their own place. My grandmother loved that we had

I was born on December 17, 2000, during one of the hardest snowstorms that Huntsville had in about a decade. I was born in Huntsville Hospital, and I have lived in Alabama my entire life. I’ve even grown up in the same home that my parents bought when they moved to Hampton Cove from Georgia. I am the youngest in my family of four. My father’s name is Joel Thomas Mayo, and he was born in Texas. My mother’s maiden name was Lisa Ann Lesage, and she was born in Louisiana. My brother’s name is David Thomas Mayo, he was born in California, and he is 23 years old. David is the sort of brother who controls me through fear and has it to where I listen to him the first time, even though I don’t do that for my parents.

I am Falisha May Graham, I was born April 28 1989 to Tammy Graham (Sims) and Roy Vernon Graham. I have an older sister Loretta Graham. Growing up was never easy for the two of us, you may be wondering why. Well it simply put as this my dad was mentally ill and had often left me and my older sister scared of him. We loved him but his mental illness brought out sides that drove my mind to block out leaving me with so few memories of my beloved dad. My mom would try to protect us by sending us to my grandmother’s house when he had his worst moments. So my grandmother helped raised us and became our shield whenever we needed it. Eventually the illness lead my mom to filling for two divorces, one they had gotten back together, but the other would

I used to feel uncomfortable and maybe even a little ashamed talking about myself and my family dynamics. I and use to be a cry baby and the middle child, but the year I turned ten years old, I was bump from middle child to the eldest daughter. I am one of four siblings, I have an older brother that lives in Houston, then it’s me, I have my only sister and my best friend that lives in Irving and then there is my kid brother, he was brought home August of 1988. My parents had left us home for two days. I didn’t have a clue why they were gone but when they finally came home, my dad was hold a 10 pound baby boy.

I was raised in a middle class environment with an unorthodox family. I have three siblings, all of us adopted. My brother is named Ethan and we are two years apart from each other. He is also a mix of so many different races that I cannot keep track of how many there are. After him, there are my sisters, Jackie and Josie. They are African-American twins who are five years younger than me. They are very sporty and athletic, while I try to avoid sports as much as I can. I have both a mother and a father, Robin and Paul Schlegel, who were both born and raised in Indiana. I was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and moved to a town called New Palestine, Indiana when I was only a few months old. New Palestine is an average-sized town where everyone knows

I was born in Demopolis, Alabama on July 13, 1983. I have an older brother, older sister, two younger brothers, and one younger sister. When I was two years old, my parents separated and I moved to Hobbs, New Mexico with my mother and siblings. I lived in Hobbs, New Mexico until the age of five. Once I had turned five, my father and grandmother drove to Hobbs, picked me, and took me back to Demopolis to live with them. I have resided in Demopolis since then. My grandmother raised me and sent me to Demopolis City Schools. I graduated from Demopolis High School in May of 2001. After my graduation in 2001, I attended The University of Alabama for a couple of semesters. I ended up leaving The University of Alabama because I could not decide on

I am Skylair Caitlin Orr, I am 22 years old and am the daughter of Taunya and Marty Orr. I am lucky to say that my parents are still together rather than being divorced as so many parents are today. They had three children together, including myself. I am the middle child and I have two sisters. My older sister is 27 years old and works as a special education teacher at Mark Twain Elementary school. She is divorced and has two children: my niece who is eight years old and my nephew who is two years old. I spend a lot of my time with my niece and nephew. My younger sister is 15 years old and goes to school at Lafayette High School. My mom stayed at home and took care of the children while my dad worked hard to make sure we had everything we

I was born on September 26, 2003, at the Northridge Hospital. My mom had just rented an apartment for a roof to live. She wanted a fresh start for her new daughter, but we were only going to live there for a few years. She named me Janellie because the name Nellie runs in the family. My grandmother’s name was Maria Nellie, and many of my cousins are named Nellie as well. My father still wanted something unique for his first child. My mom already had a daughter with another person years before she met my dad. After a while, my parents decided on naming me Janellie.

Born in 1931, my mother’s birthplace, Missouri. Coincidental moment brought my parents together, my father’s sister happens to be dating a mutual friend of my mother’s family that is how she eventually met my father, thereafter they were married in Kentucky. Calling a Taxi, my father paid their way across the county line to marry, being that my mother was under the age of seventeen; the legal age to marry in Kentucky is sixteen. Come to find out after they tied the knot the church burned down, the pastor died, and the taxi driver was shot and killed by the sheriff in town; that is a terrible omen in my

In Erikson young adult stage is called intimacy vs. inferiority which where young adults build strong friendships and loving relationships and inferiority is the fear to having relationships (Feldman, 2014). This stage last to about the age thirty and Erikson believed that in this stage the individual gives up on their need to help someone who is in needs more continue developing a serious relationship with their future partner (Feldman, 2014). This is the last stage that will be discussed because this it the stage Laurie is in right now. Laurie has developed strong long lasting friendships over the year but more in the last few years. As mention above Laurie loves to help others and after nursing school she start a non-profit called “You