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Can people change?

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Do you believe people are capable of changing to be better or do you think no one ever changes?
 
As people age they become better actors, the best way to determine how someone will behave in the future, is to see how they behaved in the past. People do *NOT* change, only pretend to.
 
IMO - good points to both sides of the 'coin' here.
Yes, I do think that people can change; actually for the better or for the worse. I have stumbled into people that I have admired and, by their actions have shown me a more excellent way of "being" than I was before I knew them. So, I can't say that 'they' have changed me and my attitudes, but because of them my way of doing things has changed & become better...I hope. :)
 
Yeah, people can change that's for sure, like @passenger said, for the better or for the worse, I think it just depend on what kind of people they are ''friend'' or related too and it's also a work on themself that they gotta do.
 
Like others have said, people can change but are they willing to? For example, my spouse's aunt used to be extremely homophobic and even transphobic. It took her years to warm up to my mother in law being bisexual, and a few years ago her youngest child came out as trans and now she's changing her views again.
 
I think people can become better versions of themselves. But one's temperment, personality, etc are pretty set I think. But, yes we can be more disciplined in improving ourselves through exercise, education, learning skills, volunteering or self help to improve our approach to people
 
Absolutely people can change if they want to. It's hard, but it's absolutely possible!
 
Of course people can change. Of course they may never shake the negative intrusive thoughts or "demons" that made them do bad things in the past but as long as they can keep them under control and be a good person, then I'd consider that a "changed person."
 
Depends, but change can go one way or the other. It's not always for the better.
 
I used to only care about myself but now I actually take time to understand and listen to others. A big example is getting to know @PGen98 even though years ago I didn't agree with what Crystal is. It did take time to understand and accept but it's what makes me different to who I used to be.
 
Maul said:
I used to only care about myself but now I actually take time to understand and listen to others. A big example is getting to know @PGen98 even though years ago I didn't agree with what Crystal is. It did take time to understand and accept but it's what makes me different to who I used to be.
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Maul said:
I used to only care about myself but now I actually take time to understand and listen to others. A big example is getting to know @PGen98 even though years ago I didn't agree with what Crystal is. It did take time to understand and accept but it's what makes me different to who I used to be.
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It's hard to change but I'm glad you changed for the better. :) Though sadly that's not always the case, some people change for the worse.
 
Ravenfreak said:
It's hard to change but I'm glad you changed for the better. :) Though sadly that's not always the case, some people change for the worse.
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I actually used to really upset people with how mean I was. I just had to start putting myself in the other persons feet and wow. I was real harsh.
 
Ravenfreak said:
It's hard to change but I'm glad you changed for the better. :) Though sadly that's not always the case, some people change for the worse.
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Absolutely, so many change I to horrible people rather than better people! Of course in some cases changing can mean other things to some of us, lol
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I actually used to really upset people with how mean I was. I just had to start putting myself in the other persons feet and wow. I was real harsh.
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Now you're a teddy bear;)
 
PGen98 said:
Now you're a teddy bear;)
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I try to be. And if I am going to get angry over something I will sometimes go to you about it <3

Real life stuff is hard sometimes though. But I am better to people on Facebook or at least try to be.

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Maul said:
I try to be. And if I am going to get angry over something I will sometimes go to you about it <3

Real life stuff is hard sometimes though. But I am better to people on Facebook or at least try to be.

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Always come to me, I'm always here for you :hug:
 
Maul said:
I used to get really shitty on Facebook to the people who posted anti-vaccine views. I just couldn't help myself. lol
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We all have our triggers :)
 

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