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Personal Narrative: Cognitively Vs. Stagnation
According to Erikson, I am in the Generatively vs. Stagnation: Middle Adulthood phase; I am 54 years of age. I am a mentor in a 12 step group, so that is my contribution to other, and I help guide other women in the program. I have no children, and have not had the privilege of parenting. I have been a massage therapist for 23 years, and I can relate to the community and its needs. There are times though that I feel stagnated since I am also at school and feel sorry for myself, because I no longer have the mind of a twenty year old. I have a very good relationship with my family now, and have healed with them, so we are getting on well now.
In Maslow’s theory, I just recovered from the 2nd level because I have had to cut down on my work
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