Self-Identity Problems

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http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=9697

The article I found talks about identity and how everyone becomes their own identity. Identity is not just what you know; it is also how you know. We are not born into our identities; rather we develop who we want to be in this world. Some factors that can come into play with choosing our identity can be our family, friends and society. A young child may see her mother as a creature that exists solely to take care of her, but an older child will often start to appreciate that her mother has needs of her own, and start acting less selfishly towards her mother so as to take that knowledge into account. Personal beliefs have no bias on one's identity, for example if a group hates a certain religious group, doesn't need to affect another person. Young children have simple identities and see things in an overly simple, generally self-serving manner. As people grow older and wiser, they identify themselves with other people, places and things in increasingly sophisticated ways and start to grow out of this initial selfishness. Sometimes life events can interrupt one's identity and their identity stops growing. For example a death of a parent, may cause a child to grow up and take on the parent role for younger siblings, and not get to live their childhood identities. According to Reeve, once a person takes one role, the identity directs the person to pursue some behaviors (identity-confirming behaviors) and to avoid other behaviors (identity-disconfirming behaviors), (2009 p. 279). Other things that can affect a person's identity are low self-esteem and low self-efficacy.

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Do you know what your self-identity is like...has your identity changed a lot throughout your life?

 

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