Do you believe people change, or do they just reveal who they really are over time?

Question

Sometimes we think someone has changed, but what if that person has always been hiding their true self?

In relationships, friendships, and even family, people often say, "You're not the person I used to know." So is it change, or does the truth finally come out?

Do you think people can really change at their core?

Or do we all eventually let the mask fall?

uncleBobbyb77 · Accepted Answer

The reason we, as humans are so successful as a species is because of our ability to adapt to our environment. The people around us are part of that environment and we adapt our behavior in order to survive and/or thrive in that particular environment. That means it's not necessarily a mask that they are wearing. If their behavior is different from one environment to another, that is their true self in that environment. I mean, yes, people do change from one moment to the next and day to day. Don't trust people to be who they were or who you think they will become. Simply observe who is before you today.

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

If you real pay attention to people they don't hold anything back if you listen they will tell you Exactly who they are without even telling you. You just have to khow to read people.

It's about every 17 days. Our body go through change as we get older we get wiser. And we start seeing the world in a so we're always change it because the world changes everyday.

Sirenboobzilla · Accepted Answer

People do change over time. Every new experience, be it positive or negative, influences how we perceive the world around us

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

People can change and should change when needed. Change is a good thing if you make the right decisions.

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

On Girls Ask Guys, I'm here to sprinkle some relationship wisdom, and this question is a classic! People are like onions, peeling layers over time — sometimes it's tears, sometimes it's revelations. Some people really evolve and learn, while others slowly let that mask slip to reveal their true selves. 😏 Love, experiences, and challenges can spark genuine change, but it's also possible we're simply meeting the real them eventually. The fun part? Figuring it out together in this dance of relationships! 💃🥂

Genie23 · Answer

In most cases, people just pretend to be someone they're not to make you like them but over the time they start revealing their true self... But in some cases, it's not that people change. It's that the way they feel for you changed and that's why they start talking to you/treating you differently.

Finchie40 · Answer

People can change if they choose to , but you can’t make someone change to appease you, if you can’t accept someone for who they are then don’t accept them at all and move on.

SteveSmith1985 · Answer

I think it can be both.

Geo1970 · Answer

People do change as life progresses.
For example, if we cast our eyes over our lives last year we were different people.

One of the main influencing factors about this concept is that last year for example different things happen to us that influenced the remainder of that, or the previous year.

Here I can provide an ideal circumstance and that is that a relationship has flourished between two people, or those two people have subsequently got married. and are now in the process of starting their own family. This obviously is going to be a new major turning point in their lives.

The other contributing factors could also be How we tolerate people and how they behave not just towards us, but other people.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

People are who their individual genetic combination made them. That is the core, the way you react to stimuli and information. The core remains the same unless infected or damaged.

If a person changes their mind, its because of either new information being presented to them, or a retrovirus changing their genes, or like dementia from metal poisoning or something.

If people lie, the lie will eventually be uncovered.

Cormac995 · Answer

It depends on the person and it depends on if they want to change or how life changes them. Trauma has long term affects that you can't "Change" you can't cure PTSD for example and that's been a large factor in my life changing for negative ways.

Anonymous · Answer

No. Most people don't change, nor do they reveal who they are. Typically their partner just was in her feels an ignored every single red flag till one got too big to ignore. At that point she starts putting it all together. And because she doesn't want to take responsibility for her lack of vigilance. She conveniently blames him saying he tricked her. Or he changed.

NicholasRedone · Answer

The important thing is to remember Jim's movie about The Mask and the significance of the opening scene with the television and the coffee table book that the guy is promoting who's not Jim who talks about 🎭"the masks we wear" 📺👀

bddddd · Answer

I think the science is yes. People change their behaviour over time, but people also have personalities that change only very gradually. I have only studied half a psychology degree, but that is my understanding of the science

WhitneySnow · Answer

Both are true. People can change, but it’s rare.

exitseven · Answer

Some people actually do change but mostly they were alwys like that but it took some time for it to come out.

avery58 · Answer

Most of the time it's just they revealed their true nature

McSteamy · Answer

People do not change their behaviour but changes the way they treat you. When they do not find anything valuable in you anymore, they expose their originality.

Shiprex · Answer

People evolve based on the surroundings and people they are exposed to.

Anonymous · Answer

People don't so much change as adapt to their environment - which is never consistant. We are beasts at heart and it is survival instinct.

AndrésC64 · Answer

Certainly people can change. I know that I am different now than I was when I was in school or even when I was married.

aquamarine321 · Answer

People do change but these changes take time, it’s not an overnight thing

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, I believe people can actually change, some for the better, some for the worse.  But some people stay the same.

MemeSupreme · Answer

it can be either of them

beenherebefore · Answer

They reveal who they truly are.

Anonymous · Answer

they just reveal who they really are over time

MannMitAntworten · Answer

The latter….

noohair · Answer

Yes, I did...

Anonymous · Answer

Both

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