The intrinsic basic human requirement of belonging. It is only after we have acquired a sense of acceptance from our peers that we are able to contemplate our own purposes, capabilities and potential. Therefore, it is within reasonable articulation to suggest that if we are unable to find this sense of integration within society, cognitive deterioration is imminent. We erect a psychological wall of cynicism in order to protect our endogenous sanctuaries from exogenous dangers; also limiting any prospective opportunities of social intercourse. From a cost-benefit perspective, this double-edged exclusivity is a means of maintaining our own authenticity whilst concurrently carrying with it the price of fluctuating and a never-constant sense of self.
You may be asking... what does that have to do with one's identity? We are gregarious and cognisant beings, that is our identity. It is the causation of this impetus we possess to find annexation. The consequences of such, lead to the perpetual morphing of our persona.
I could go on for days, your questions are so broad
