Do our experiences define us?

I think is how we handle the experience is what defines us

To an extent depending upon how they affect us. Two different people with the same experience can have different personalities. Two different kids raised in the same family with same care and same kins of environment and same kind of social exposure turn out to be two different individuals.

To an extent depending upon how they affect us. Two different people with the same experience can have different personalities. Two different kids raised in the same family with same care and same kins of environment and same kind of social exposure turn out to be two different individuals.

I think it shapes us, not really define us.

To an extent I think.

Only if we let them

If you want them to, yes, no

Not entirely. They mould us depending on how we handle them and how they change us.

They help to shape who we are but frequently don’t define us.

Define? No. That's a choice and I'm well versed.

if you allow them to

No my intellect does

Pretty much, yes. We’re the sum total of what we’ve learned in this life.