Many people view personality traits as a fixed state of being. I have to admit that at one point, I thought so as well. The phrases, "Oh, you know how they are," or "That's just [name]!" has been used to accept each other, but in a way I find to be fairly dismissive and devoid of true understanding and compassion. Not only this, but there may be patterns of someone that are genuinely damaging to relationships and self-sabotaging to the individual. Many times that person is ou