Erikson wasn’t told who his biological father was until later on in his childhood, thinking his stepfather was his only father until then. So his focus on identity later on in his professional work makes sense, given his confusion about identity growing up and the issues he had to deal with, per Encyclopedia.com.
In his time as a researcher, professor and psychoanalyst, he wrote several books, including works that examined real-life figures such as Martin Luther and Gandhi. He died in 1994 at the age of 91, and today’s quote looks at what he thought about interdependence and that we’re better off for accepting the fact that we need the help of others in life.
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Quote of the Day by Erik Erikson
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This quote is a good example of Erikson’s work and what he ultimately believed based on his research. As Simply Psychology reported, Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development have to do with how our lives and sense of self are shaped by our social relationships. These relationships can include family, friends, authority figures, romantic partners and more. And how we are treated or perceived by others—and later on, how we act within those structures, too—can impact whether we resolve those core conflicts and develop strengths or “virtues,” or if they remain unresolved and we go onto a future stage with negative repercussions.
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Again, the whole point of Erikson’s work has to do with the fact that our relationship and interaction with others impact us at each and every stage of life, and we’re constantly growing, even into the last stage of “old age” (65 years old and up).
For Erikson to say that “life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence,” he isn’t advocating for codependence. But rather, he means that we live in connection to others, and we’re meant to. Life isn’t about barely surviving your way through hardships—or even just daily tasks—without anyone by your side or who you can turn to. It’s not a flex to deny help or say that you can do things all by yourself and you don’t need anybody. Hyperindependence can be a trauma response or just a toxic trait. But either way, it’s nothing to aspire to.
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More Quotes from Erik Erikson
“Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.”“Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.”“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others."“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.”“Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.”“There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding."Related: Quote of the Day: Shania Twain's Words Will Lift You Up
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