Obstackes and Challenges in Life

Life is something that is much more complex than anyone can imagine. No matter who the person is or how old they are, everyone faces various obstacles and challenges that make their lives difficult. Some people are faced with physical limitations such as not being able to pick something up or walk up a flight of stairs while others may be faced with mental limitations such as being unable to comprehend something that’s going on. Two of the toughest points in an individual’s life come during the years of adolescence and late adulthood. These points of a person’s life can be overwhelming and stressful as a person tries their best to grasp the changes occurring before their very eyes.

Adolescence is often a time where drastic changes are occurring in an individual’s life as they find that they are no longer children, but still not mature enough to be adults. One of the major issues adolescents face is peer pressure. Many adolescents may dress a certain way or listen to certain types of music just because they feel it will help them be accepted. In fact, adolescents feel as if they have an imaginary audience and must be at their best at all times to ensure that their popularity is not affected. Additionally, adolescents face the conflict of identity versus role confusion which was developed by Erikson. They must not only develop a sense of who they are, but also where they belong in their culture. Also, adolescents often begin to become involved in romantic relationships and possibly sexual activity. Adolescents need to figure out whether they prefer dating people of the same and/or opposite gender and must also understand whether or not they should have sex given the teachings they were provided in their childhood. Anot...

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...re afraid to admit that they can no longer perform tasks at the levels they once did and therefore may need to seek assistance or drop some of the activities they used to do. There are numerous examples of how people behave in certain life stages such as with the movies Rebel Without a Cause and Driving Miss Daisy. In Rebel Without a Cause, we see how the main characters are struggling to find who they are and what they are going to do with the rest of their lives. On the other hand, in Driving Miss Daisy, we see how Miss Daisy struggles to come to terms with the changes in her life and the fact that her life is coming to an end. No matter how young or how old you are, there are always challenges that will get in the way of where you want your life to be. However, it up to the individual to accept the challenges in their lives and make them work to their benefit.