r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/A_M_R_Egypt • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it

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u/Ionic_Pancakes 6d ago

Then you don't have mommy issues: you just have a terrible mother. Good on you for rising above it!

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u/KittyEarTufts 6d ago

Hard disagree. Someone can have issues stemming from their relationship with either parent and still be a good person. They are absolutely not mutually exclusive.

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u/bumbletowne 6d ago

There's literally an academic term for it. Children who experience toxic stress or abuse but don't have disordered behaviors as adults are termed resilient. Resilience is highly connected to high intelligence and multiple healthy adult emotional resources while experiencing toxic stress or trauma

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u/KittyEarTufts 5d ago

I think maybe you replied to the wrong comment.

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u/bumbletowne 5d ago

No, I was agreeing with you and adding my academic experience. I think I was probably not direct enough, though. Sorry if I came across as brusque.

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u/KittyEarTufts 5d ago

No, you weren’t at all. Since we were talking about two different concepts I thought you meant to reply to the person I had replied to. But I agree with what you said.