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A Turbulent Passage

Dr. Alok Pandey

Abstract
Adolescence is a time of transition from childhood to youth. Like all other times of transition,
adolescence is a period of uncertainty and of growth. It may either open the doors to several
possibilities in us or else it can demolish our hopes. This article (part of a series) is meant to
help navigate through this often-difficult transition.

stormy or smooth experiences one has, the
emergence of an adult who is responsible
and reasonable, aware of his goals and the
steps he intends to take in arriving at it, has
a fairly correct estimate of his strengths and
weaknesses and is able to combine his dream
or fantasy life with the real world in a mature
way without losing hold on either. For, while
it is true that each one is here to realise his
Adolescence is a passage from childhood to dreams (whatever they may be), it is truer that
adulthood. Like all passages, this transition the world in its totality is moving towards
can be pleasant or painful, smooth or stormy, expressing its own dreams of life. The two
tranquil or turbulent. The experience of may not always match. Often, the person
this passage depends upon a number of who is dreaming far ahead of the world’s
factors — heredity and upbringing during march, finds himself caught up in a struggle.
the early years, the basic constitution and In such situations, some may completely lose
endowment, and the extent of leap intended contact with the outer realities of life and
from the background from which the child’s shut themselves off in a private dream-world.
personality is emerging and the kind of Or else, as happens more often, one shuts
future that is shaping itself in his thoughts, off the dream-world completely, forgets
feelings, even dreams and fantasies. When or barters it in an attempt to adjust and
the passage is successful through whatever accommodate the practical necessities of life.

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