Dr. Wayne Pernell grew up with parents cycling through addiction and rehab, carrying adult responsibility as the eldest son in the 1980s. He used humor and levity to survive situations he didn't choose, finding it a vital tool for breaking through emotional barriers.
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Levity has this ability to break barriers. It's something I learned early in my career something I think that that I had to tap into in my childhood to get out of dark deep situations that I didn't choose to put myself in. And I think a lot of people can relate to having parents and maybe with addictions and in and out of rehab and maybe a lot of unfortunately but a lot a lot I'll have a lot more in common with people who have had type of childhood who've maybe been one of many siblings or the oldest where they feel the responsibility and the weight of the world falls on your shoulder. If you were a young male in the 80s this, this term you know well you're, you're the man of the house. You know this, this idea of like they're needing to be a man of the house and for that to fall on the youngest of kin. It's an interesting dynamic to have been born into.