Can people change?

[boo7382]

Men don't change.

Took me a long time to learn this and I am still learning it.

They just. don't. change.

[Cat]

I think people change. I don't think you can make someone change. I think something has to happen to flick the switch in them.

[CLTPanther]

I don't think people can change who they are fundamentally, but you can change the perception of who you are through your behavior. Take someone who does drugs for instance. Say someone is a coke head, does a lot one night, has a heart attack and nearly dies. This episode my scare them straight and they may never do coke again and appear to be an upstanding member of society by those around them, but does the desire to do drugs ever really go away? Sure they can be supressed through will power, but that doesn't really change who the person is, it only changes their behavior.

[SOJA]

Care to elaborate?

I feel like when some people "change" not only is it a very gradual process, but the amount of change exists in varying degrees. Most people do not make a complete one eighty, but I am sure there are examples of it out there. I would say some people who do change only do so to a certain degree.

For example, a lot of my friends from high school have changed. (College student) When I see them at first I feel like they are completely different people, but then I realize the person I knew is still in there they just have modified themselves. So yes I would say people definitely can change, but usually it is a moderate amount compared to a complete change

[mmmbeans]

people can but most of the time they don't.

[Hawk]

I 100% believe that yes, people can change. I think we are a reflection of the society we find ourselves in. If you change that, you yourself will change too, I think. Perhaps you won't totally change, but I think your surroundings can change your beliefs and your habits etc.

I used to work shift work and working 12 hour shifts with the same people for a few years, you'd be amazed on how the majority of the people would almost mold together as one.

So, yes, I believe your surroundings and the people you interact with etc can change who you are.

[charlotte49er]

Men don't change.

Took me a long time to learn this and I am still learning it.

They just. don't. change.

It's just not men, all mankind. You have to want to change.

Outside factors influence in who you are and were we are going.

It's like Curly (Jack Palance) in City Slickers to Billy Crystal's character.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Only if they learn from their mistakes.

Otherwise its the same old poo time after time.

[Skew]

I think people change. I don't think you can make someone change. I think something has to happen to flick the switch in them.

You are 100% correct. No one person can change another person. Period.

If a person can change, only that individual can change themself. I have seen it happen to someone personally. They did a complete 360.

[The Saltman]

You are 100% correct. No one person can change another person. Period.

If a person can change, only that individual can change themself. I have seen it happen to someone personally. They did a complete 360.

so they changed then changed back to their old self?

[Epistaxis]

The only constant in life is change.

Including people.

Change for the "better", change for the "worse", barely perceptible change but change nonetheless.

[Skew]

so they changed then changed back to their old self?

I was wondering who would take the first bite.

*hook, line, & sinker* I hit my limit for the day.

[The Saltman]

[TarPanther9180]

so they changed then changed back to their old self?

That happens a lot. A person who temporarily changed due to the people they were hanging around, then to revert back to what they originally were, when they "saw the light".