Personal Narrative: My Pursuit Of Identity

Most students applying to college are at the age where they question their existence and identity. Commonly they ask themselves who am I? why am I here? what's my goal in life? They begin to form their identity which is the mold for the rest of their lives. Erik Erikson a famous developmental psychologist, explains this in his psychosocial stages “Identity versus Role Confusion”. The process of developing an identity for yourself and finding a purpose in life is scary but exhilarating.

Ever since a young age I found it interesting the way people think and react. As a child I took interest in helping those that were visibly sad but even at a young age I had a remarkable amount of emotional intelligence. Seeing people, their facial expressions, and their tone of voice I could pick up on the “energy” and understood how they were feeling. Growing up it has not only developed a sense of compassion but it helps me out in tough situations. Now I have grown fond of Psychology, wanting to help those and make my mark in the Psychology community.

Does it help that I have a rich family
Suffering two years of depression due to transition, anxiety, and the stress of my sophomore year of high school. My high school is huge, with a student enrollment of three thousand, my transition year of high school was very rough on me both mentally and academically. Then playing club ice hockey I suffered a bad concussion, and missed about a month of school. I fell drastically behind, it felt impossible to work my way back. Unfortunately I didn’t come out of sophomore year with a success story but with depression and ok to bad grades. Junior year on the other hand I still was cleared of my concussion but the effects of the concussion were still being felt. had trouble concentrating and reading. It took me a month to get use to these difficulties but I pushed through it and started seeing good results and