Jung's Stages of Life

Question 1

Childhood: Athlete

Answer 1

Birth to puberty

Ego growing: increases internal awareness

It is the psychological state when we aspire to better physical accomplishments, as in, having a better external appearance, looks, features, etc. The main reason behind such behavior is unknown but it is believed, as proposed by Jung himself, are the direct results of the significant physiological changes that we go through during our teenage and early adolescent years. That’s why this particular phase generally occurs when we’re yet to become adults.

Question 2

Youth: Warrior

Answer 2

15- 35/40

Sexuality development

This is the second phase that usually follows, but doesn’t necessarily have to, the athlete phase. It is when we start setting professional goals and create checklists for all the things that need to be done. It starts from our high school days and continues until we attain a desirable position in the company we are about to work. In this phase, our mind tempts us to be the best version of ourselves in the material world. We crave higher rankings, better facilities, social status, respect and more wealth than our peers.

Question 3

Middle Life: Statement

Answer 3

40-60

Introspective and seeking meaning to life

And then comes the turning point. The statement phase is perhaps the buffer between the spirit phase and the warrior phase. You can call it the psychological adolescence since it marks a gradual shift from a less mature warrior and athlete stage to a more emotionally mature spiritual stage; much like the way, our adolescent years catapults us into the years of adulthood. In this stage, we realize the emptiness that awaits to haunt us.

When our soul grows tired of the material hassles, it starts contemplating something beyond the world of commercial gains and starts thinking on altruistic lines.

Question 4

Old Age: Spiritual

Answer 4

over 60

Decrease consciousness, hope and feelings of death ad next goal

The last and the most significant one of the four- the “Spiritual Phase.” It is that point in our lives where we tend to give up on all the chronic earthly pursuits. The mirage of reality shatters in this time period and our mind is introduced to a whole new genre of perception. In this stage, we tend to ask “What is the purpose of my life?” “Am I really happy with all that I have accomplished?”, “Am I something more than what I’ve been made to believe?” “What is the true nature of happiness?” “If the material gains were unable to fill the primal hollowness in my psyche, then where can I find peace and contentment?”