Where do thoughts come from? I know that our brain is the obvious answer, but there has to be something more to it. What point in your life does your brain just decide its preferences? Even small infants have favorite toys and favorite lullaby’s to fall asleep to. Does your brain pick these things for you? Are you, as an individual, genetically wired to have certain preferences? The idea of what makes us individuals has been something I’ve pondered for as long as I can remember. Now, I’m no philosopher; and I don’t think my chances of going down in history as one is a realistic aspiration. But that doesn’t mean I can’t get lost in my mind and enjoy intellectual caviar. Try to recall a time where you were lost in deep thought, where reality was still around you, but more of an ominous presence. A time where your thoughts and ideas kept linking together forming endless connections, but it all started because you remembered something funny your friend had mentioned prior. It’s a rollercoaster ride really, when our mind gets going, only interaction with another mind can really divert our internal focus completely side-tracked from reality. Does our mind make a subconscious effort to lure us into its domain? Possibly, it could be redirecting our focus onto what it wants to be focusing on. Such a complex concept to even begin to try to understand, our brains; where beauty, science, mystery, art, feelings, memories, fears and many other attributes are all intertwining together to form you. So what happens when all those little building blocks that make up who you are begin to shift shape and form a new structure? Where some memories no longer matter and your biggest fear has been concurred. Does that change who you are? A perfect example is the effect war-fare has on the human brain, and not the modern day sending drones in and remotely launching missiles. I mean the dig yourself in, contemplating survival every five seconds, trench and guerrilla war-fare tactics. The soldiers that survived those environments came back changed people; they no longer had the same voice in their head controlling their personalities. Severe Neurological trauma changes an individual’s building blocks. Some bricks get removed and the formation changes. Although a drastic example, this is when personal preferences are formed. You, the semi-fictitious voice in your head, are built off of a basic foundation which begins to form the moment you are cognitive. From that point on everything that has ever affected you in your entire life, no matter how miniscule, has somehow, in some way, shaped you into the person you are, reading this paper. Brick by brick, your mind has been built into a structure that uniquely resembles the architect. Honestly though, this is all mostly my own personal opinion and isn’t backed by scientific analysis. One of the prompts asked me to write about myself and what makes me, me. Maybe I misinterpreted the question and was too quick to right about a concept I’ve been trying to mentally grasp for years, but as an old swords-smith probably once said “To craft a perfect sword, you must first learn how to smelt the steel.”