It does not seem possible for this process of individuation to take place without it being preceded by a crisis, a discomfort in relation to the environment which, for many, stimulates a feeling of identification. In order to perceive oneself, the individual has to differentiate, and this differentiation seems to be evidenced most often in conflict, which leads to an inner anguish yearning for affirmation. If this process, as is generally agreed, drives the expansion of consciousness, stimulating it seems more sensible than repressing it, and repressing it only seems to curb a fundamental stage in the development of the being.