Human crises

A person experiences the first crisis in the first year of life. It is related to whether the basic physiological needs of the child are met by the person caring for him. In the first case, the child develops a feeling of deep trust in the world around him, and in the second, on the contrary, distrust of him.
The second crisis is associated with the first learning experience, especially with the child's teaching of cleanliness. If the parents understand the child and help him control his natural departures, the child will experience autonomy. On the contrary, too strict or too inconsistent external control leads to the development of shame or doubt in a child, mainly due to the fear of losing control over one’s own body.
The third crisis corresponds to the second childhood. At this age, the child asserts itself. The plans, which he constantly builds and which he is allowed to carry out, contribute to the development of his sense of initiative. On the contrary, the experience of repeated failures and irresponsibility can lead him to humility and guilt.
The fourth crisis occurs at school age. At school, the child learns to work, preparing for future tasks. Depending on the atmosphere prevailing in the school and the adopted methods of upbringing, the child develops a taste for work or, on the contrary, a feeling of inferiority, both in terms of using the means and possibilities, and in terms of his own status among his comrades.
Fifth crisis is experienced by adolescents of both sexes in search of identifications (assimilation of behavior patterns significant for other people to a teenager). This process involves the integration of past experience of a teenager, his potential and choices that he must make. The adolescent's inability to identify or the difficulties associated with it can lead to her “dispersion” or to the confusion of the roles that the adolescent plays or will play in the affective, social and professional fields.
The sixth crisis is peculiar to young adults. He is associated with the search for intimacy with a loved one, with whom he is to perform the cycle “work — birth of children — rest” in order to ensure proper development for his children. The lack of such experience leads to the isolation of a person and his closure on himself.
The seventh crisis is experienced by a man at the age of forty. It is characterized by the development of a sense of preservation of the species (generative), expressed mainly in the “interest in the next generation and its upbringing”. This period of life is characterized by high productivity and creativity in various fields. If, on the contrary, the evolution of matrimonial life proceeds in a different way, it can become stuck in a state of pseudo-proximity (stagnation), which dooms the spouses to exist only for themselves, with the risk of impoverishment of interpersonal relations.