Essay On Personal Fable

I would like to take Elkind’s concept of the adolescent personal fable a step further to include the stories about themselves that they tell other people. This aspect of the personal fable is a person’s own made up story about his life or some aspect of his life. This always comes from a place of insecurity within the person. This can be common during the early adolescent years; however, it is likely to carry over well into the late adolescent years and even into the adult years if the adolescent does not begin to develop a healthy sense of high self-esteem and realistic true sense of self.

For example, countless times when I was working as a school psychologist, I would have a child come in for his weekly appointment. I would smile and

Hurt teens will have personal fables. When working with hurt teens, it is important to recognize their personal fables and help the teen see himself in a more honest way. Also, the main ingredient of working with hurt teens is helping them to develop a healthy, true sense of self. This will be an outgrowth of helping the teen build his self – esteem. As the teen’s self – esteem is enhanced, his personal fables will begin to fade – it’s automatic.

Behavioral Indicators of Self Esteem

There is a high correlation between Personal Fables and self – esteem. There is also a high correlation between high self – esteem and an emerging true sense of self.

In order to have hopes of an adolescent growing into a true sense of self, it is important to understand his level of self-esteem.

Positive Indicators of high self – esteem

Based on my own clinical observation, I have found the following traits to be associated with teenagers who have high self-esteem.

• Expresses opinions with confidence
• Uses voice tone and language appropriate for the