Youth and personality assertion

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2023-07-13

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The desire to prove existence and assert one's personality is a natural psychological state that boys and young men go through with the decree and wisdom of Allah Almighty.

The boy who passed the stage of childhood and parasitism finds himself obligated, whether he likes it or not, to find the elements of an independent social life, and to acquire the qualities that guarantee him familiarity with his surroundings and the attainment of his personality, but this matter cannot be achieved easily.

The young generation is not ready to follow the behavior and approaches of those who are older than them unconditionally, just as the youth are not ready to match the characteristics of their personality with the ideas of the adults. Quarrels and conflicts lead to a state of rebellion and disobedience among the younger generation.

Youth and sharp sensations

Undoubtedly, the intense feelings that naturally awaken in the depths of youth following the phenomenon of puberty play an influential role in making young people rebel against adults, oppose them, and be stubborn.

Transient emotions

“The abnormal rise of the young man's sensitivity towards individuals or things shows that the stage of puberty, with all its years, is nothing but a stage of sensations. And the emotions that affect the physical structure of a person would generate a kind of imbalances, and the period of emergence of these emotions is prolonged as a result of the mental perceptions that control the young man. For example, one movement demonstrates the young man’s attachment to a person, and it generates multiple emotions and emotions that soon disappear, and all that remains is the external framework of the incident or the story, from which nothing remains but a constant and constant feeling of love.

“The sensitivity that arises in a person during puberty gives him a kind of vitality, activity, and enthusiasm. Rousseau praised, in his book, Emile, the attainment of years of vitality and activity, and Chateaubriand had the same opinion. But what is meant by this vitality and activity? What is meant is a state of extreme sensitivity and opposition that completely controls a person's conscience, giving him more energy and directing his behavior towards a specific direction. This is what can be touched through the young man's way of love and hate.

The young man and his rebellion against ancient customs and traditions

In addition to the apparel of general feelings, a series of special tendencies and desires appear in the boy during puberty, and each of these tendencies and desires has a role in pushing the young man towards rebellion against many of the etiquette and norms followed by adults, and it may also push the young man to oppose someone older than him with regard to Choosing the necessary qualities for his personality. For further clarification, we will discuss many of these tendencies and desires in our research.