Are people able to change? This is a very controversial issue. However, I have my personal viewpoint on it.
I believe people can change. Moreover, I think they have to change. It is very important today to be able to adapt to the dynamic and constantly changing world that we live in. We meet new people, move to new places, even change our professional fields, and it is simply impossible to avoid changes under all of those circumstances.
The aspect of psychological changes also deserves special attention. The truth is when we get older our attitudes change completely as well as our way of thinking becomes totally different. For instance, almost every school graduate has a lot of ambitions. They dream of making a lot of money, want to change the world which they think is welcome for everyone. However, as they get older they start to realize that life is way more complicated than they thought it would be. Especially it is true about young women. By the age of 30 a lot of women realize that a family is more important that a successful career.
The necessity to build a healthy relationship helps people change for the better. A lot of lonely people are self-centered and even greedy sometimes. Being in a relationship teaches us to share, compromise in complicated situations and feel responsible for other people.
It is assumed however that people do not change. I agree that some individuals are not able to change at all but on the whole I think people do change under certain circumstances. There is certainly a type of people who are so obstinate and self-willed that nothing can make them change. Probably, this is a reason for a serious problem of high divorce rates. It is a common thing today that many couples hire shrinks to help them solve their marriage problems. I personally think that is a good solution because a psychiatrist usually knows special technics to make both partners understand each other better. He has an impersonal