Is it normal that i dislike it when my personality changes as i grow?

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We all know how as we grow, our personalities change. You could have been a happy-go-lucky kid, and ended up completely different as a teen. Well, I always notice when I become different, and I HATE IT.

I know it's normal and stuff, but whenever I change I am just disgusted with myself. When I was a kid, I promised myself I wouldn't change like all the dumb people on TV and in real life. I didn't want it to be like when someone's friend suddenly changes and they're not friends anymore. Stupid cliche's like that.

I mean, of course I've changed. I was a pretty energetic, funny, and carefree kid. Whenever I meet someone who knew me when I was little, I revert my personality to back then so they don't think I've changed. Even if I'm not like that anymore. It's tiring having to pretend to be that person again, but I can't help it. Sometimes, I think the kid me would hate the current me, and I agree with the kid me.

I'm perfectly comfortable with change, though. I can move, get new friends, ect. (environmental changes) and it's perfectly fine. I just hate change in me. I really don't want to be an unrecognizable version of myself ten years from now. Is this normal, and why do I think like this?

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  • Flirty108
    12 years ago

    yea it is normal!!! I hate when my personality changes! it wne something like this:

    1). childish
    2). immature
    3). silly
    4). bossy
    5). sily and bossy
    6). rebel
    7). ungrateful
    8). professional
    AND MY NEXT STOP:
    Realistic,Psychologist, Theripist,Silly,College(not yet)

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  • Chillpill
    12 years ago

    That's a very interesting question to me as I often think about all the ways in which I've changed over time. As a kid I also sometimes wondered what kind of grown-up I would become. So I believe this kind of critical internal "dialogue" almost goes both ways, for example my past self would have wanted my current one to be more successful but I now wish that my past self had studied harder. So maybe we shouldn't judge ourselves too harshly at any point.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    "We all know how as we grow, our personalities change"

    Not really, we just act differently because we feel we have to with age. Thats why some mature age people are still exciting or childish, because they didn't accept it. Your personality wont change unless you make it.

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  • joybird
    12 years ago

    We can't live like carefree little children as adults. We calm down in order to focus on the mundane adult things like paying bills, etc.

    I recently met up with my Primary School friends from 40 years ago, and we are all still exactly the same as we were then. We all still love each other dearly - just as we did then :o)

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    Understanding change is not an easy skill to learn, that's for sure. You can fight it, but the battle is futile. You will change. Just make sure it's for the better.

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