We have all had, to a greater or lesser extent, a conflicting adolescence. When I talk about problems, I don’t mean they were bad or unpleasant. There are people who like problematic things.
Adolescence is considered a period of development between childhood and adulthood and is undoubtedly a difficult stage of people’s development.
- Adolescence is long.
- It starts a little before the age of 13 and ends a little after 19.
- Although this period varies according to the authors.
- It is a transition phase.
- As we will see later.
What seems clear is that, without being children and without being considered adults by society, young people face a period of constant change, these changes occur in the physical, social and psychological spheres.
There are many ways to see the concept of transition, the fact that adolescence is a universal experience leads us to think that calling it transition makes sense.
Transitions have several features and involve
All these characteristics are curiously true in adolescence. Adulthood attracts and with it freedoms that seem very interesting, however, there is also sadness for what happened.
That’s because inside every teenager, there’s a kid who’s having trouble getting out. Young people are worried about what’s going to happen, perhaps at that point more than ever. For this reason, this article was titled “Convulsive Adolescence”.
When employment, housing and relationships seem uncertain, it’s no wonder teens are afraid of the future. During adolescence, substantial psychological adjustment is required.
This psychological readjustment manifests itself in all areas: with family, with friends, with adults and certainly in relation to the very meaning of identity.
So I think it makes sense to think of adolescence as a transition. I also recognize that at this stage, there are many milestones that have important meanings for greater adaptation.
How young people understand and perceive themselves has a powerful effect on their post-life reactions. There is an essential dilemma in them between playing the right roles and the ‘I’.
Convulsive adolescence is a time when a person struggles to determine the exact nature of his personality, he needs to consolidate a series of choices into a coherent whole that is the essence of his person, this essence is clearly different from that of parents and other formatives. Influences.
Without this process towards individuality, the young person can experience depersonalization, in this process of socialization the different adults with which the adolescent interacts are for him role models, the functions of the ‘I’, perceived competence and consistent identity are also important.
Somehow, adolescent thinking is strangely immature. They can be rude to adults, have trouble deciding what to wear, and often act as if the whole world were spinning around them.
According to psychologist David Elkind, this immaturity of thought manifests itself in at least six characteristic forms, let’s see what they are:
In light of this information, therefore, it is not difficult to understand why adolescence can become conflicting, conflicting adolescence is a reality, not a myth, it is a period of transition to adulthood, with all the uncertainty that comes with it. he is not yet mature and young people must establish their identity.