Do you think people change or basically stay the same throughout life?

Question: Do you think people change or basically stay the same throughout life!?

By that I mean the inner person!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I think the 'you' in you never changes!. The you that grows and changes because of physical and environmental influences is an outward manifestation of how "you" have handled those influences!. The habitual behaviors that characterize "you" to others can change!. One's thinking can change, but the 'you' who does the thinking doesn't change!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The real question are we creatures of our environmentment or are we prewired!? Can a truly good person turn truly evil on a long term basis!?

People change if there is a shocking event, redundant event, nuerological damage (drugs, head injury, severe illness) that changes their mental state and or chemical balance!. This is capable of rewiring someone!.

Can people change just because they 'will' or 'want' the change!? No!. A therapist just makes you conscience of your behavior or thoughts!. They don't rewire you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Everyone changes as their intelligence grows or shrinks!.
I believe that the average human will never stay the same for two days in a row because everything that surrounds you changes even if its just in the smallest bit!.
Everything that surrounds us effects us insubconsciouss ways if not consciouss and for that reason no, people do not stay basically the same ever!. No matter how strongly they may wish to believe that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Once you are conscious of your behavior or thoughts(thanks for the term EDlbh), you can and will begin to change!. Yes, people change, ONLY when they are aware of what they are doing or not doing!.

For instance, I was a very violent person, a thief, a crackhead!. I lived on the streets and between houses!. I drank uncontrollably, have seen gunplay and not thought twice about it's (lack of)normalcy!. I have slept more women than I can count on my hands and 26 other hands, unprotected!. I was on a one way track to self destruction!.

Before that, as a child, I was a very good child, A honor roll, perfect citizenship award!. And slowly, I became rotten!.

Yet, once aware of my actions(because it was all normal to me then), I was able to change, slowly!. For me, my awareness came with the Hebrew Scriptures!. Thank God, I should be dead or disease ridden, but I have been saved!. You have two life changes, in one person!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Change is a matter of commitment and resolve!. If you drift your way through life, don't expect much change!. But if you consciously discipline yourself to change, you can bring about profound change to your inner self!. The brain and body are incredibly malleable and plastic, this is true at any stage of our life!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think, if we're in a certain circumstance throughout our entire life, yeah, we'll stay the same (ie: someone living on the streets vs!. someone else living in a wealthy place)!.!.!. you throw us into an entirely different situation (ie: the person who was living large is now thrown onto the street and the homeless person is thrown into a wealthy situation), that would change their inner person!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

People can try to change & they can pretend that they do (fake it till' you make it) and I believe people can adapt to different environments and change their styles and things like that (choose your friends carefully because you are what you hang out with) but sometimes (depending on what kind of change) it takes self determination, personal desire, and motivation to change!. also, the older we grow, the harder it is for us to change our ways and there's probably less of a desire to change after a certain age as well because we get set in our ways!. Think about it!.!.!. If you're doing something a certain way at age 60, all the years of trial and error would bring about a more desired state of being!. (You can't teach old dogs new tricks)! But then again!.!.!. (A zebra can't change its stripes!.!.!.!.cover it with a blanket, but it's still a zebra underneath)! Good question!. Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com

we are a habitual people!. we are born a certain way and as we learn from our environment, we might change to a degree!. but, once we are grown adults we don't really change for the most part!.

we might pretend to change for someone we care about but, it's only temporary!. as soon as we think we can get away with that habit again or that person is no longer in our lives, we will resume that habit as if we never stopped!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Definitely I believe people have the ability to choose to either stay the same or change!. I think change is mandatory though, there isn't much choice in it, as we grow and mature, we must change with that process!. But we have choices in life, to be better or remain stagnantWww@QuestionHome@Com

I think that it depends on the person!. But mostly, I believe that peoples personalities and views of life change almost completely with time!. But there will always be those people who are extremely stubborn! (untill it is phased out by natural selection lol)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I believe we mellow as we get older!. There was a time when (if someone annoyed me) I would beat the crap out of them!. Now, I look at both sides of the equation before I beat the crap out of them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yea i think people change, although the people who didn,t like you at school still don,t like you 20 years on,Www@QuestionHome@Com

We change every second of our life and so do everyone else!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

when we get older we change!.or we could change whenever we want too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.the inner person changes throughout life!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com