The construct your describing is similar to and maybe roughly the same as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrati

The construct your describing is similar to and maybe roughly the same as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_identity, which is supported by a "strong empirical basis", a.k.a., evidence, not ivory tower, wishful thinking. The most radical summation that I've heard is that human beings are, for large parts of our lives, just animals pretending to be people. A scary thought.