Personal Identity Continuity

While reading chapter 2, and trying to decipher my answer to the problem of personal identity I must admit I was more stumped with every option. Whether it is the continuity of your body, the continuity of your mind, or continuity of your memory, to me they all made sense in one way or another. When it comes to continuity of the body, the body can change drastically in many ways and I honestly can’t say I don’t believe in reincarnation. When addressing continuity of the mind, what if you were to develop schizophrenia or bi-polar and there were many personalities and things got too confusing, which one were you?
With that being said, the option that made the most sense to me was continuity of the memory. When you think about your view of self,
The next two photos ages 11-15 I was entering my teenage years, and was already pretty much a mom to my brother, and didn’t get much attention at all from my mom and my dad was absent and my stepfather was on his way out after many years of abusing all of us. I was rebelling and never wanted to be home, so I did my best to always find things to do and places to stay to avoid doing so, I was doing poorly in school, and hardly went towards the end of this age range. I was confused, and didn’t know who I was, nor who I wanted to be and was virtually
I have always had a big heart, and whether that meant I was saving every stray animal I came across, or forgiving people more than I should have I can honestly say I have been this way for as long as I can remember. I have also always been thirsty for knowledge, I was always the child referred to as “too curious” I have always and still to this day ask a million questions about everything, I was always exploring the outdoors catching bugs and discovering new plants, or on the internet doing research on whatever I found interesting at the time (lots conspiracy