SELF-ANALYSIS PROFILE

Marco D. Meduranda

CHILDHOOD

I was born on October 24, 1985. I am the third in a

family with six children.

Adler’s birth order theory would put me as the middle

child. Though I’m not very assertive, I tend to become quite

competitive, constantly trying to surpass my other sibling. I

excel in school during my elementary days, maybe that’s my Baby Marco together with Ate Cherrie

way of asserting myself over my other siblings especially to my elder sisters who were also very

good in their studies that time.

My childhood was marked with my strong attachment to my mother. To cite Sullivan’s

theory, I was nurtured by a “good nipple”. Her caring and warm

affection shaped my personality, and in fact, I looked up to her as my

role model in terms of character. Still, she knew how to demand

discipline. She’s strict but humane. She would spank us whenever we

were committing misbehavior but would later cuddle us only to talk

about to us why she used force in making us realize our wrong doing.

She instilled in me strong values that forever marked in my

personhood.

My mom would say that I was a witty, smart and “hyper” kid when I

was a toddler. She would say that when I was four I could already memorized

the schedule of shows in channel two (we’re Kapamilya…) When I turned six, I

got asthma and other respiratory illness. I became much closer to her because

she would really keep an eye on me due to my fragile health. Perhaps, I

developed this fixation termed by Freud as phallic personality, a fixation at the

stage of Oedipal complex, where a person strives for success in competition

with others. As a consequence, I develop quite an opinion on myself and

perhaps also the reason why I appear effeminate.

 Hence, even at a young age, I already felt how proud my parents were to me and this

consequently contributed to my positive regard about my self. I did not feel the parental

indifference that Horney pointed out to be the basic evil in personality maladjustment.

Conversely, I was raised in a semi-provincial environment, Malabon, where incidence of

flooding is a usual occurrence even if it’s not raining due to high tide and to the fact that the land is

very much below sea level. I can say that the place somehow also shape my “mental toughness”. I

can associate this idea to Bandura’s reciprocal determinism where personal and environmental

factors continuously affect one another. I have seen how people still managed to continue with their

lives even if the flood is as high as their waist. Flood can be an inconvenience but people in our

community don’t see it as major encumbrance. Through observational learning, I was able to

acquire a coping mindset towards any problem; that like flood, problems are just natural occurrence

and they would eventually subside, or be resolved.

ADOLESCENCE
Adler’s birth order theory would say that middle children are those assertive

I and my mom had a very close attachment. The earliest and most vivid memory I can recall is my
sixth birthday when my mother was busy preparing foodstuff. I could still recall her sweet smile
even if she was cooking a big “kawali” of pansit luglog and menudo. She was a magnificent and a
wonderful mother. She’s caring yet firm with her words. She’s meticulous,

I was born on October 24, 1985 in Malabon and I’m third

Born on the 24th day of October 1985 in Malabon, I am the third in a

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