Yes. I've witnessed it myself. I believe anyone could change as long as they are willing to, even subconsciously. I think I've also changed a fair bit myself, but I've definitely seen more drastic changes in other people.

People can change, yes but not by themselves. I'm just putting this here (I know it's not going to be considered), but I was changed when I was 19 some 15+ years ago when I was incarcerated and I picked up a Bible.

I read that book day and night, and when I got out of jail, I attended church!

Anyways, I think I am a little handicapped in the mind/brain from all the drugs I've done and all the MMA fights I've been in, but, yeah you can change... and I won't be the person to call you out on it though.

Yes, but they have to know that they need to change. Major life events can cause them to change sometimes.

I think people can change,but they have to want to change or be forced to change.

I know I posted here... some time ago, but I have a lot more to say on the matter now.

I've met with a lot of older friends recently. Specifically, one of the older friend groups from this site. We all got together and finally made a Discord server to talk and maybe even play some games like old times. Very quickly I realized something though - it didn't feel the same. I think they're all good people still, and some of them I still consider my best friends since we talk individually. However, in a group environment, I felt strongly as if I just wasn't fitting in anymore. I thought that honestly, they've probably changed over the years, and that's why things felt different... oh well, I'll just adapt. But as the days passed and as I watched them talk, I realized that it was *me* who changed, and they were still as I remembered them from so many years ago. MY personal growth just didn't really allow me to mesh well with them.

The point that I'm trying to make with this story - we all experience personal growth, all the time. It's especially prominent in my own story because I was 12-13 years old when we were originally a group, and now I'm 21. Am I a bad person now? No. Are *they* bad people now? Absolutely not. Change cannot always be measured on a good or bad scale - sometimes, you just constantly chip away at the mold surrounding your personality to the point that some people you used to be great friends with just don't mix well with you anymore. Doesn't mean anyone has changed for the worse. I still respect all of them deeply - I just can't really find myself actively participating in their discussions anymore.

Many of your friendships you have now are likely temporary (internet friendships are especially volatile, though just as valid). We cannot always be the same people that we are in the present - nobody's personality is permanently defined. The friends you keep for life are the ones who's own personal growth remains compatible with yours. It's a sad reality, but I'll always be happy about it at the end of the day - I have plenty of happy memories with them, after all.

I am a testament to that belief, if you were to have met me at 16 or younger in like a DM or something. I gave the impression of knowing what was best for everyone, something that bit me eventually, now I see if I know anything, but I am not the be all end all knowledge source.

Personally, id have to say almost anyone can change, humans tend to go through changes mentally when growing up and even in adulthood. But to change for the better, as has been said before, requires hard work and effort, that does pay off in the end.

A good way to put it is that you can't force someone to change. It has to be of their own volition. You can force someone to pretend to change, but all that'll do is make them resent you and sink deeper into whatever path you're trying to get them away from. As painful as it is, there's no way to help someone who refuses to accept any help or help themselves - at least, not without enabling them and causing them to inevitably fall back into the same behavior within a short time.

yes, if the person is willing to change then yes. if not, then into the person has change of heart, then i wouldn't bother with it into the person is ready.

While people can change I often find myself having a hard time getting over the past I'm honestly a very petty person and I always remember something that hurt me it's a fault of mine. I think a lot of people will always meet someone that they can never accept if they change I've met a few that even if they became really good people I would refuse to accept it and hate them all the same I don't know if that's a bad character trait or not.

I think it depends heavily on whether or not they want to, whether the people around them will let them but at the same time they might change over time regardless of any of those factors like most people do. I believe that anyone can but I don't think that it will always be for the better or that at times it would be enough for you to even really notice it in the first place.

To begin with I think it's easy to mistake maturing for change. You naturally go through different developmental stages like puberty that make you think and act differently, but you're not really changing who you are. I don't think you can when your brain is still building the foundations.

I also don't think you can really change purely by yourself. You will always see yourself through a biased, unreliable point of view, so it's easy to start thinking how much you've changed or are changing when maybe it's just in your head. Or maybe how you don't really need to change when judging yourself.

There will always be some third party influence that causes you to actually change. Directly like telling you to get your s*** together, or indirectly like simply setting an example that you want to now strive towards.

So I think a person can definitely change, but how and why all depends on their environment. The people around them and the things happening in their life. But just because you changed or are in the process of changing doesn't mean it undoes who you were before. It's good to strive to be better but nobody is required to accept or agree to it. There are people who could become a saint and I'd still not want to associate myself with them. Also just picking up a bible and feeling like becoming christian isn't enough. Actions speak louder than words. Simply putting a new label on your name isn't change.

All in all just surround yourself with people who can and are willing to distinguish your good sides as well as your bad sides. Keep it real with each other and everyone will benefit.

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