candystripper -> RE: Emotional Boundries (11/5/2005 9:08:04 AM)
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i know from my personal perspective i think differently at 43 than i did at 23 fyreredsub It's called Growth and Life Experience. Various psychologists and psychiatrists have weighed in on the matter. There are models of human growth during various ages which have been developed. Freud's model has development achieved by age 13 in normal people, when they enter the "Genital" phase. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Freudian+psychosexual+stages thefreedictionary.com Maslow has a model developed on tiers; with self-actualization as the highest level. "There are at least five sets of goals, which we may call basic needs. These are briefly physiological, safety, love, 'esteem, and self-actualization. In addition, we are motivated by the desire to achieve or maintain the various conditions upon which these basic satisfactions rest and by certain more intellectual desires." http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm psychclassics.yorku.ca Others have tackeled the same topic; but it is generally agreed that a person either continues to develop as he ages, or is stagnating in a developmental stage for reasons of his own making (neurosis) or due to his circumstance (living in a war zone). No one stage is more "valuable" than another; it is posited that a person is most fulfilled if he continues growth, and in Maslow's model, achieves self-actualization. Anyone who has lived with teenagers is acquainted with their "know-it-all" attitude and desire to move away from their parents, in whatever way possible. This healthy drive is annoying as hell, but an immutable part of life as a normal person. Speaking not as an academic but IMO, a person who learns nothing from his life experiences may well have the same experiences over and over. Additionally, though it is out of fashion in the United States, for the most part, an older person has wisdom which may be worth hearing by the young. IMO, "wisdom" is merely the cautionary tales one can tell, based on experience and observation. candystripper
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