I can relate to trust verse mistrust in most of my different relationships with people. For example, my boyfriend is in the marines. He is stationed in Japan and is there for six months. If we did not have complete trust in each other, we would not be able to continue with our relationship. Being able to have complete faith and trust in him comes partially from my childhood. I tend to completely trust people, instead of having the view that I do not trust anyone, unless they earn my trust. Sometimes I believe that this is not a helpful thing. .
For autonomy verse shame and doubt, I believe I took autonomy. For an example, when I was little I wanted to be independent like my older sister. I would follow everything that she did. As a result of this, I became physically independent earlier. .
Nothing comes to the top of my head with initiative verse guilt. The only thing I can think of is when I have a problem with someone, I tend to not take the initiative and tell him or her what is bothering me. Then, I end up feeling guilty and bad because I am talking about them behind their back and not to their face. I do not have much confidence. As I become older, I become more confident and I am able to confront people much easier. However, this is certainly still a stage that I am still developing in. This may even be my weakest stage. I feel that I can be a confident person and take initiative. All my feelings inside of me drive me toward it. Yet, when it comes to people my own age or middle aged, I back down. However, with children I am completely comfortable, as well as the elderly. I can be myself, take initiative, and be a leader. I am even able to tell someone my own age or even older, what they could do better, when working with children and the elderly. .
Industry verse inferiority, I am not sure which way I have gone. I use to become embarrassed very easily. I was a very poor reader when I was in elementary school, I read very slow.