I'm not the same person I was a year, two years or even six months ago. Yes, my underlying core has remained the same. But I no longer walk on eggshells, feel intense blinding guilt for everything, look to someone else for my sense of meaning and am more at ease in all I do. Oh yes, and understand the need to face my fears.
So you're the same guy, only better than before. At least that's my take on it.
