Can people truly change?

[Jared]

Had a discussion about change, wondering if you'll be a different person in ten years/if you've changed over the last ten or so.

So I figured I'd ask everyone else, too: do you think people can truly ever change who they are? Why or why not?

 

[TesoMayn]

Of course, their environment affects who they are.

 

[Jared]

So you're saying nurture doesn't play a role?

 

[Leader]

Lol where your at affects it the most. When I moved I started doing things I never did before, and changed a little. Not a lot but a little xD

 

[tryzombie505]

Well it change these ladies some ladies got kidnapped for ten years and when they escaped they where grateful for every second they had so yes some one can change in a few years or so but it depends on the environment.

 

[Drugs]

Yeah, people can change, my Uncle for example, 5 years ago he was in prison, he came out and just was like, swearing his head off all the time and was always like mad, angry and aggressive now he's calm and never swears and never gets aggressive.

 

[Straya]

People only change if their locked up.

 

[iMoney]

I believe that people change, they mature mentally and physically. They as people learn morals, and understand more about how their actions affect others and themselves. Everybody changes, naturally, in some way.

 

[Stallone]

It's debatable, just a fact of nature vs nurture.

 

[Sysode]

No one is born bad - therefore they have already changed? It's possible to change back, imo.

 

[Stallone]

No one is born bad - therefore they have already changed? It's possible to change back, imo.

For example prison, SOME people change their ways for the better.

 

[lepos]

I personally think that everyone is born in one way, from birth you could have bad instincts just of course not able to act upon them but when people are known for having a certain type of personality and then change to another, I don't think it's genuine. I reckon it's a facade that people put on but they're always who they once were.

 

[BIOS]

Yes, people can change because of the enviroment they're living in,growing up and also could be because they're meeting new people.​

 

[jack15988]

Yeah, people can change. I'd say its down to enviroment, peers, schools and area. I would say (typically) that teenagers in the north of england act more grown up then teenagers in the south (in my opinion).

 

[Phifer]

Everybody says life is like a wheel but life travels in straight path indeed it will not return anymore. for eg: Our Childhood life memories. Life gets experiancing in each year progressively it depends upon the situation occurs in our life. So there will be changes in after ten years and before ten years of life.

 

[Wassim]

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Dont expect it in others

 

[Shanelleee]

People do change. Whether it's a lot or a little, they change over time.

 

[Using_zMagenta]

I think people change (whether they know it or not) due to the events that have/will happen(ed) in the past or future. Let's say you got power over something, and that something become popular, some may turn into a power hungry overlord - If you see what I mean?

(1st post, woo!)

 

[iDevon]

The same way we can adjust to a new environment is the same way we change. I do not think people can really "change." Every person was born and raised in a specific kind of way, and at the end of the day they are who they were raised to be. I had a friend, his brother was raised carelessly, meaning that his parents treated him like a piece of paper. Something they use to get better tax returns. He joined the marines and when he came out, he always stood straight and always showed some sort of respect. He changed. Even though he "changed," he will forever have the characteristics he was raised with.

 

[TinyBuilder]

It's like you watch cartoons maximum before the age of 15 but since when you feel it so childish and non-adult, you're being moulded to the environment situation so you stop watching them.