Does a "True Self" Exist?

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Thanks for sharing your story

It's a very interesting question. I've often wondered what I would be like if I was raised in another country, under different values. It seems to me that some people are more easily led, and some tend to question things. When I compare myself to my parents, I see so little in common that I'm amazed I was raised by them, let alone a genetic product of them. So I feel I would have come to vaguely similar conclusions if I was raised differently, but I can't possibly know that for sure. Ruthless indoctrination can probably break anybody.

I would have to conclude that our "real selves" is our DNA. Everything on top of that is the result of environment and experience, I would say.