I feel that i have not grown at all as a person and everything about me is the same since i was a child but i cannot continue this way. How do i go about molding myself so that my thought and cognitive processes and every other aspect of my personality is altered significantly?
It certainly takes time and persistence.
We are creatures of habit. The only way to change is by breaking and making new habits.
Not unrecognisable but more accepting of who you are.