can people really change??

I think people can change. They may not be able to get rid of anger like you say, but dealing with it and learning to control it will surely mean that they will change the way they act? Therefore they've changed their outward characteristics. Also if someone acts shy for a long time they can perhaps see someone to help with their confidence and make them more outgoing. With help and willpower people can change how they act, even if their innate characteristics aren't different, how they project these onto the world may be.

I believe that everyone has the capability and the ability to change. nobody has to remain the same for always. situations and conditions can bring on us the change while at other times it has to come from within. As for people really changing, i believe that anything is possible.

I don't think people can change. We can change some aspects of our whole well-being but not most. We're born with it and we grew living with those so if ever it can be changed, it'll be pretty hard to do so. All we can do is love ourselves and be ourselves.

I don't think people can change. We can change some aspects of our whole well-being but not most. We're born with it and we grew living with those so if ever it can be changed, it'll be pretty hard to do so. All we can do is love ourselves and be ourselves.

I think people can change if they are determined and really want to, but I think more often people change because of their environment. People tend to take on the traits that make them succeed in their situation, even if it's a bad situation and it causes them to be stuck. I think it's why people will often stay in a certain job or situation even if they aren't happy with it, because it not only requires work and risk but also a change in ones environment and how they act on a daily basis.

People do and most times they HAVE to change because circumstances and life constantly changes but i understand what you mean about if someone is short tempered they learn to control or manage only but the anger remains... but learning to manage anger is also a change....the person understands his/her anger is affecting others so they change their behavior....its the same with patience if you are not a patient person you learn to be patient due to so many changing circumstances in life.

of course people can change if they really want to and persist at it. I was very very shy before I married my husband who was outgoing and full of fun. He was alwasy very optimistic while i was the pessimist. He taught 'me how to like myself. that I was unique,one of a kind,and should like and love myself so I could love others too. so yes I am much more outgoing than i was at 32. I will never be the lifeof the party but I will be the friendly one,the one everyone trusts.We all have that ability but as egocentric as most are, many will not do a damned thing to make themselves better at all.

People learn to change to a great extent.But can they change their characteristics totally, i can't say for sure.You are right the basic characteristic remains the same.Circumstances make them change.But some turn a new leaf.

In a lifetime, everyone changes based on circumstances or events in their lives, for better or for worse and we learn to adapt based on the environment or situation we are in.

People can change, but it's all up to them if that's what they really want. If a person says I am going to try and change and they don't really wish too than chances are that they are not going to change. It's different with everybody for me though I have changed a lot because now I am a much more caring person, but I still can not get rid of all the mean how I used to and it gets really bad because I hold it in and when someone pushes me to far I usually can't control my anger. I don't like that about me, but I guess I am not the only one that has those moments where we can't control our anger because someone is trying to make us mad.

Yeah I believe people can change but not over time but rather it takes time depends on the person determination to change, how they think and feel about changing certain characteristics. Sometimes criticism helps to push a person to change.

I think people can change. It takes a long time for certain characteristics to change while others change so rapidly you can almost say that person who used to be like this or that turned into someone completely different. It somehow depends on the crowd that one mingles in. I know someone who was really shy and quiet in our first year of high school. She steadily become more talkative and less shy as the years went by. Now, in college, she is one of the loudest people I know.

My answer is yes to your question. Every person has that ability to change himself provided he should get a chance or opportunity. Many old people who had bad tempers in their young age are calm now because they have realized the adverse effect of it. People don't change until & unless they experience the pain involved in continuing certain characteristics. So many honest people turn dishonest after joining politics or any public service due to the environment they work in & the kind of people they work with. Some people are shy because they don't get chance to interact with more people & got used to some strict lifestyle. As they start interacting with new people coming out of their territories, they become extrovert & the shyness is eliminated. People feel unsecured because the kind of job & relationship they are into. If you have a Govt job which is secured in case of any crisis & you have a trustworthy partner in life, then there is no question of insecurity. People who are very competitive & courageous lose their personality traits when they repeatedly face failures in life. We have the ability within us to change ourselves.

well certain things about a person didn't change at all till the end..like we meet our old friends after a long time and at a certain point of discussion we say"you have not changed at all".....but there comes certain points in our life where we do not wish to but we have to change according to the situation that we face..we have to change in order to survive..regarding the temper and the behaviour characteristics,,i will say YOGA and PRANAYAM can do a great job in that as compared to any other thing..it can bring great changes in a person..it changes you from the most violent to the most MENTALY STABLE guy in the universe if you perform it regularly and heartly.yes it can change people by giving them total mental stability,peace and calmness.thanks.

Yes. people will change over time. Some people are angry, be patient, There's a patient man, became irritable, There are bad people into good, there are good people turn into evil. Over time, people can change. only sometimes, we do not realize it.

Life is about learning and growing as people. Life is about change. Some change quicker than others just like some people learn quicker than others. Yes, even the most stubborn change in time. Sometimes it's a grain of sand at a time. Even so, in time you can move a mountain.

I believe that people can change their ways but only do so if they really want to for themselves and or recognize that perhaps a changes is needed. No one changes simply because others ask or want them too. There are some who no matter how much they try they simply do not have in them and very difficult to make the changes but still can improve.

people change only if they want it. that is not actually easy because it takes determination and will to do it, it depends solely on our attitude to make things happen.

i think people CAN change but not much, id they are angry when they change they will still be angry but in a minor way.

Hi.. All people born with a good heart, a good mind and a good personalities.. God did not gave us hatred, impatience, lust, jealous..God is good and all His gift is good... People can change from bad to good.. People can't do it alone, they need encouragement and help from other people.. People can't live alone... He need someone who can understand his needs, how can people practice his good attitude if he is alone?how can he know that he is wrong, if no one remind him about what is right from wrong.. Sometimes we need some people to what they feel and what they think about you.. Opinion that matters, but in the end the final decision is depend upon us...