Most people find that no one knows you better than yourself. We know our hopes, wishes and dreams better than anyone, even our own parents, and we know what we are willing to do to achieve them. This is precisely why I chose to write about myself. I believe I know myself well enough to be able to analyze myself and understand why I am the way I am. Since entering college, I have noticed a number of things about myself. I used to think I was outgoing and confident, but now I feel the opposite is true about me. I discovered that I had attention deficit disorder and a learning disability, which caused a drop in my confidence in school as well as other areas of life. my life. This inspired me to move from journalism to speech pathology, where there are always people finding new ways to help others with speech disabilities. The interest in helping people find their voice after losing it, or just finding their voice in general, really resonated with me. Now my goals are, instead of being a journalist working at a magazine, to work in a clinic with adults with stroke and aphasia or to travel the world helping children learn to speak who have underwent cleft palate surgery. For me, being able to help people who, like me, have a disability that hinders their lives has become very important to me. I also learned about a range of digestive issues as well as hormone-related issues that affect my mood and make me feel tired. Needless to say, finding this out just as I was starting my first university away from home was difficult to deal with. But all these experiences, as well as my experiences of being away from home during the first time...... middle of paper ...... look like hope and will also successfully analyze my childhood. I think Erikson's stages theory is the most compelling theory because each stage of this theory looks at every part of life and I think it is accurate when it comes to my childhood and puberty. This theory explains behaviors throughout the life cycle and we can better understand why people are the way they are through this theory. By analyzing myself with these two theories, I discovered that it is normal for me to feel lost or inferior to others and that my attachment to a parent pushed me to create stable and lasting relationships. These are general problems that everyone struggles to endure and only contribute to personal growth. ReferencesCrain, W. (2011). Developmental Theories: Concepts and Applications (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.