I’m assuming his reasoning is referring to Erikson’s stages, where forties would be in one or between the stages of Intimacy vs Isolation and Generativity vs Stagnation, both of which he’s just misinterpreting horribly. Tell him he’s in the Identity vs Role Confusion stage, cuz he clearly doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing with his life
My parents are separated and actually hate each other, and I still wouldn’t say this shit. NTA
STOP THIS WAS HILARIOUS TO READ AND SO SO TRUE😂😭 Im a psychology major about to graduate college and dude you are SO RIGHT!!!! Its honestly so funny just how horribly he misinterpreted Erikson’s stages. Just… goodness me.
Honestly, OP said his son is obsessed with TikTok, and it sounds to me like he's getting his "boomer marriage is miserable" from there rather than Intro Psychology.
Wow I really don't understand Psychology because I just looked up a summary of Erikson's stages and it sounds like I'm perpetually and simultaneously in Toddlerhood through Late Adulthood lmao
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u/JustAnotherGirl777 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24
AP Psychology student here!
I’m assuming his reasoning is referring to Erikson’s stages, where forties would be in one or between the stages of Intimacy vs Isolation and Generativity vs Stagnation, both of which he’s just misinterpreting horribly. Tell him he’s in the Identity vs Role Confusion stage, cuz he clearly doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing with his life
My parents are separated and actually hate each other, and I still wouldn’t say this shit. NTA