The question of free-will or determinism does not arise since that entity which would be so endowed or otherwise, the personage that represents you in your ruminations and reflections, is not a living being. It is a kind of puppet or p-zombie, or a collection of them, that is used for accounting purposes and to fill the gap where a certain abyss opens. It is as if you have this uncanny stranger rattling around inside the same space, a scarecrow, an 'npc', uncanny only because you are mostly convinced it is you. The double is already in place which is why it would be so shocking to find it also out there in world. You are haunted by your 'self'. You are fappy, however, to give it as much credence as you are able, so as not to think about how few others share such an awareness.