the self

I have a very strong belief in a set and solid self. While the thoughts of a person may change upon reflection of events that have happened to the person, the self is very much defined by the mind, which I believe, is very much consistent throughout the life of the person. There was some discussion about how life experiences can alter the mind for example. These life experiences alter behavior, but not the mind or the self. Say some events happen to you yet the same events happen to a different person and the effect on that person is the exact opposite. The reason for this, I would argue, is that the mind is a set thing and the defining factor of the self because of it's consistency. Effects vary from person to person because minds and selves vary from person to person.