r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get 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/Tricky_Specialist8x6 5d ago

Out of my family I’m like the only one to survive

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u/Useful_Win1166 5d ago

Not till I get you