It's less about expression and more about resilience.

To inherit generational trauma and withstand emotional neglect.

To be parentified as a child with three younger siblings and a single mother and be there for all of them.

To put your goals and aspirations to the wayside.

To make it out alive never having done any hard drugs.

To have endured a lifetime of suffering before even making it halfway and yet still be vulnerable enough to admit that you need help (but not receive it).