LIFE CYCLE TRANSITIONS
- Life transitions are periods in life involving Lots of changes
to the lifestyle.
- The might also be a result of important events that make you
stop and evaluate your life.
- Life transitions may run smoothly ,but people often struggle to
adjust to change and find these period of life highly stressful and
perhaps distressing.
- People often have problems adjusting to the concept of entering
middle age and may experience what is commonly called a mid life
crisis.
- Some transition happens without any warning and they may be
quite dramatic as in cases of accidents, death, divorce, jobless or
serious illnesses
- Other life transitions come from positive experiences
- Eg: getting married
- Going away to college
- Starting a new job
- Moving to a new city
- Giving birth to a child
- Starting a career
SuccessfulY moving through a life transition usually means the
experience of the following steps:
- Experience a range of negative feelings (anger, anxiety,
confusion, numbness and self doubt)
- Feel a loss of self esteem
- Begin to accept the change
- Acknowledge that you need to let go of the past and accept
future
- Begin to feel hopeful about the future
- Feel increased self esteem
- Develop an optimistic view of the future