Not the parent commenter, but I have had a complete change of self. After my psychotic break and starting treatment for bipolar, I was a shell of a person. I h

Not the parent commenter, but I have had a complete change of self. After my psychotic break and starting treatment for bipolar, I was a shell of a person. I had the opportunity to become anyone I wanted to be. I picked what I thought my best traits were from my last self and started on a journey of self discovery. I vaguely remember my previous self and he had completely different motivations. The only similarities I recognize are things I decided to keep. To keep this bit brief, my interests changed in ways I didn’t expect. My previous self would never have shamelessly written pornography. My previous self used to care what people thought of him. I don’t. I only care about the consequences of how people see me. This doesn’t make a sociopath because I do care about how people feel. I want to communicate effectively. I try to tailor my actions so other people feel I am listening and that I care, because I do. My previous self wasn’t so explicitly and logically calculating about relationships. My previous self was brutally honest. I try to be kind when confrontation or blunt honesty is necessary. Overall, my maturity increased by about 20 years in the last 3 years. My previous self is a person I’m not fond of.