Yip, all that you said about you truly comes out in your blogs and on discord too :D

My mum (the oldest) and a couple of her sisters are a lot like you
But it wasn't emulating traits in the men of the family.
For them, it was just survival of the fittest in a big family with some challenges.
In fact, their characters are hardier and sharper than some of the men they grew up with.
But the undertones of both situations, yours and theirs are the same in the sense - "Do or Die"
Having said that, not all her sisters in the family turned out like this.
One gave in to the pressures and had mental disorders... funnily that made these sisters even stronger.
Mum had another sibling that gave in to the pressures... and it was a brother.
Now, I've said this, I'm thinking it is Part Nature Part Nurture ....just wondering...

You, keep being you... you are pretty amazing <33