When it comes to personal identity, the body plays a huge role, because we live with ourselves all our lives. We know each other better than anyone. How we are defines how identified we feel with the body we are in, whether that is a good or bad thing. There are special circumstances in which we have tools as an extension of our body that help us do certain things like writing or even playing sports. An example might be a poetry writer who uses a pen for several hours a day to write drafts of his works. This pen is not only an extension of his hand but also an extension of his thoughts because it is thanks to the pen that his thoughts are put on paper. However, whenever the pen runs out of ink, the connection between the pen and the writing is broken, because the pen is no longer useful to the writer. Another way this connection breaks is when the writer no longer feels motivated. The writer no longer feels that writing will bring satisfaction or benefit to his life; every time he or she picks up the pen to write, he or she no longer feels a connection. The pen seems foreign to the writer. The connection between the writer and the pen is reestablished when he receives a new pen, feels motivated to write, and begins writing again. Another example can be that of a professional tennis player, as they will find their tennis rackets, as an extension of their body, in this case their hands, as they spend thousands of hours training on the ground for owning such an instrument for so long to become a part of them. However, every time a tennis player decides to grip his racket with his weak hand, he comes to the conclusion that the connection that...... middle of paper ...... was part of his body to jump across bridges and climb buildings. This is a very similar example presented by Olaf Blanke, who talks about how, in the future, artificial human parts can be connected to the brain in such a way that we can actually feel through them rather than just having them attached to our body. An experience like this will be very rewarding for limb amputees because they can feel like they never lost anything about their body. In the final analysis, we can agree that self-identity is built over time and it is thanks to the body, which plays a big role in its development. Additionally, mental aspects such as memory and consciousness help us develop a deeper level of identity, as we can remember which parts of our body we feel most identified with..