Thread: not sure if this post goes here but what do you think

Ok, you have a good point about women being as controlled by sexual urges as men. Sorry to stereotype wrong.

As for hormones and self esteem changing over time, yes they do. The question is: is there really a who we are at the core that remains or do we change so much in so many ways that we are not really who we used to be? To be honest I am not sure to what extent I still am who I was as a teenager, I have changed so much in such fundamental ways that I am not sure how much personality remains of the one I used to be. Yes, I have some memories of what it was like to be sure of right and wrong and not see any shades of grey, but these memories are vague and are so different from my current self. If I encountered someone who was just like I was back then, I am not sure I would recognize her as myself and identify with her. Am I the same self as I was at 16? Or am I someone else? My personality is certainly very different in so many ways and it is harder to find the "core" that you are talking about. My self esteem has changed, my moral values have changed, my interests have changed, my sense of what is important and what is not has changed - what is left?

Edit: just so you know I am glad I am no longer who I used to be. I changed because I needed to change, and most of the changes in personality happened during the first year of college, which incidentally was also the time when I first got into lucid dreaming - not a coincidence, greater self awareness led to seeing that I needed to change, and so I did. And if I ever need to change as drastically again, I will. And will it still be me? Am I at the core "the one who is willing to change her personality if needed"?

Edit2: I may actually be in mid major personality change right now. I have started a set of self improvements since February and I am paying closer attention to myself, and I know there are aspect of myself that I want or need to still change. And again I am pursuing lucid dreaming or related practices as tools for personality change. The JoannaB who signed up here in February may not be the same JoannaB who I will be next year. Yay.