Do you think they see you as the same too, and believe they have grown?
Could be possible. I was always less talkative, being lost in myself, and being in my own world. I have changed in the way I think. And it's not something people can easily observe.
So, it's possible that people think I am still the same, and they have grown😅
I assume people think I am the same I have always been. Not quite :)