Question

Provide an example of your own experience dealing with Identify versus Role Confusion. (Erikson's Psychosocial model).

Answer 1

During the stage of identity vs role confusion stage, i was very keen in sports and began playing table tennis with my friends in school. Soon, i started taking training in table tennis and aspired to become a table tennis player, my identity was forming as a sportsperson, where i would exercise discipline in all aspects of my life. But, after my grades started to fall in school, my focus changed to academics. In my twelfth grade i started reading philosophy books, and became interested in it. Now, my ego identity was shifting from a sportsperson to someone to philosophy student. I took up philosophy in college after realizing i am good at it and that became part of my identity.