![]() ![]() Young adults anxiously and desperately seek this one true path, ever fearful of making a mistake, of going down the wrong path. This path will lead to “the prize,” to absolute safety. ![]() In early adulthood, the illusion of absolute safety is transferred to the fantasy of the one right path. In childhood, the illusion of absolute safety is maintained through dependence on idealized parents who are seen as omnipotent protectors, all-powerful guardians against death. Our drive is toward life and we are terrified at the prospect of the annihilation of life, of death. book Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life, Gail Sheehy (1976) playfully. One of the cardinal experiences of all human beings involves the fear of death. creation of new categories to demarcate the later stages of the life cycle. He was particularly interested in the illusion of absolute safety. Gould proposed that the early adult years (age eighteen to thirty-five) were characterized by several psychological illusions that are slowly relinquished over time. Gould was particularly interested in the way adults understand their life choices and how that changes across the lifespan. GAIL SHEEHY STAGES DEVELOPMENT SERIESLike Levinson, Gould conceptualized adult development as unfolding in a series of predictable stages. Gail Sheehy, a journalist and author whose work examined racism, menopause, drug addiction, and whose profiles ranged from fading high society doyennes. In fact, the popular book Passages by Gail Sheehy was based heavily on his research. Roger Gould (1935–) is a psychoanalytic writer who has written a good deal about adult development. ![]()
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