Hav U MATURED since Ur surgery ?

What I mean is emotionally ... work wise ,  personal - life  wise.  In many ways I  think I was very childish and immature before my lifesaving surgery .  I ACTED  ( though i truly didn't BELIEVE )   as if excess calories could FIX me ... at least temporarily ...

what do U think? 

I was 61.  I think I was mature.  Has some of my thinking changed, yes.  I hope my mind continues to grow and change.  I have found out many things about me and others and it has altered how I deal with those thoughts.  Maturing? maybe, changing, definately. 

Physically, I have been in a reverse maturing process.  I am more active and in better physical shape than in 20 years (at least).

I think I have matured intellectually.  I have learned SO much about what it takes to keep our bodies healthy and happy - now, I do tend to digress at times and go back to more immature eating habits, but have found and learned that my old emotional states of sabotage don't exist in my world anymore.  Yes, I have matured!

I think any maturity I may have acquired has been more from getting older and all my life experiences, including WLS.  I hope I am more mature then I was 10 years ago when I had my first WLS or even nearly 3 years when I had my revision.  I know I have matured as far as "getting" the surgery and using my tool instead of expecting my surgery to do it all for me.  I learned from my previous mistakes and hopefully grown from them but outside of how things relate to my WLS I don't really think it has affected other areas of my life.  I know everyone says they are the same person as they were but I really feel that I am the same.  Nothing in my life (important of course) has changed expect my clothing size.  That was part of my learning experience from my first WLS failure.  I expected too much from it.  Now I know that my life really doesn't revolve on what I weigh.  If I gained 20 lbs my life wouldn't change at all.  The only real impact a weight gain may have is on my health and that is why I protect my commitment to eat the way I do, because of how I feel when I do.