Most of you at some point have heard someone expressing an opinion that one's personality has significantly been altered as years passed. Well, in most cases, this is actually a myth. Personalities do not change with age. However, temperaments become more pronounced as time progresses. That is the reason why people who have been negative while young, will become grouchy when getting older, or that those who were positive when still in school, will remain friendly as they age.
There are cases, however, when unexpected or unexplainable personality changes occur. But most often, these are caused by physical or mental illnesses or some kind of injury. Feeling confused, disoriented, depressed, express violent or paranoid behavior, and having delusions, can all be outcomes of drug or alcohol abuse or an undetected illness. Thus, before casting a stone to the person whose behavior has changed significantly over the years, try first to examine why he or she behaves in such a way and understand the causes of the personality change you are able to identify.
But apart from these health-related cases, people tend to judge the personality changes of others without first examining their own behavior patterns. For example, try to remember your reaction the last time you had to wait an incapable driver park his vehicle while you and another ten cars were waiting behind until the road opened again for you to pass through. Now consider your reaction to the same incident if that happened ten years ago. Would it be the same? Well, probably not. For me at least, when I was still a young driver, I thought that the world would come to an end if the road did not open in less than a minute. I used to be extremely rude, honking and shouting to the stressed driver to hurry up and ended my thoughts with the phrase, "Some of us took a driver's license before getting behind the wheel!" Well, things have dramatically changed today; I want to believe for the better. It is not that the drivers I am encountering today have tremendously improved, but rather that I have changed the way I think about such instances and I have begun to measure the consequences of my own actions. If I was interested in reaching my destination in time, I should have gotten in the car fifteen minutes earlier than later. If I was such an expert driver, I would not have to pay my car's metal bumper to be fixed last Friday. Life experiences and particularly time, have altered by behavior and in general my personality and I consider myself now to be a calmer, happier and much more capable individual to handle a crisis. That could easily be attributed to the fact that I am not a college student anymore-to my surprise sometimes-but a mature professional and a responsible person that strives to succeed and excel.
Personality does not necessarily change because people do not necessarily allow experiences and time to teach them a thing or two. It takes a great deal of self-discipline to be always able to examine your role in an incident and it is only human to blame someone else than yourself for the outcome of your supposed efforts. But, before accusing someone of experiencing a personality change, it would be rather interesting to consider what others would say about you. Thus, listen to your friends' opinion, readjust your strategy as time progresses, think before deciding to respond and always examine the specifics of your or other peoples' actions. The people you admire do it all the time. Isn't it now your turn to let age "change" you a bit?
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