Can someone become a completely different person?

[Peuggéolle™]

I heard a quote triggered me: "I came out feeling different, I was sure that who left wasn't me", I keep missing old me but something inside me keeps telling me stop to keep moving on, I no longer behave the same and just feels like whole different person moving me around. someone battling me around even people noticed me and said that I have changed to the better.

[Χάρης]

That was kinda confusing to read, but people can change, yes. Sometimes for the better but also for the worse.

[Prinzip]

Not really. If somebody betrayed you once, they will do so again. It may take a while, but people don't change, and always return to their baseline personality. The only factor is how long a person can pretend to be what they're not.

[Vince ✟]

Wrestling with your inner conscience is completely normal. To feel posessed to the degree you do not feel yourself and that someone else is controlling your thoughts and movements, would be considered unhealthy and due a visit with the doctor.

[Dr. Weird]

Change is easy. Staying the same, that's what's difficult.

[Reddari]

As a walk-in, I have to say yes. Old me left, replaced by new me. Now 100 years later old me is back, more advanced. But its only been like 5 years locally. Life was extremely difficult, but now its easy.

[DOOMGIRL69]

Originally posted by Prinzip:

Not really. If somebody betrayed you once, they will do so again. It may take a while, but people don't change, and always return to their baseline personality. The only factor is how long a person can pretend to be what they're not.

so what if they change forever and never return to their old selves or make the same mistakes and so fourth? are those individuals pretenders?

i think if a person wants too change truly for the better it is possible, i made a lot of mistakes in my life. but i am learning from each one and trying to make the changes that will let me have a better life for myself and those i care about.

[Nülliflower]

i know i can't.

there's no way out of this meat cage

[Breathe]

Originally posted by Peuggéolle:

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That sounds either like mental illness or result from trauma, when a person starts dissociating. A person can change at any time but oftentimes, it's for a reason. Sometimes a dormant mental illness is the cause, while trauma like abuse or injury can cause it. As someone already mentioned, proper medical attention is probably warranted.

[steven1mac]

Enough brain damage and anyone will change.