You Indeed Are A Product Of Your Environment.

Simple definition- A person who's shaped by their surroundings, family,friends, and experiences. These things influence people's beliefs,values,habits and so fourth.  

 Not always being a product of your environment is bad, being surrounded by love and people who care for your well-being and so on can influence good behavior,traits,morals etc. However, growing up in a toxic environment can make this term a tad bit more sad. 

By default we pick up traits from our family and experiences. Living is to learn and adapt. Growing up we look up to certain authority figures and friends. All you really know is what surrounds you everyday. We may become self aware of certain things we disapprove of, but since you live it each day you learn to adapt and accept it. With learning to accept and to adapt we may pick up certain habits as a result. These habits can be good, but most of the time if it's a toxic environment it isn't.  I think living that way we become more of what we disapprove of overtime. That's why sometimes as we get older we see a lot more resemblance in each other because you slowly form into that as well. 

Alot of the time when you came from a rough background you are unaware of this and don't know you are becoming a product of your environment. You notice slowly overtime especially when you are confronted about it, but confused cause you convinced yourself you are the victim and you'd never become it yourself. Not to say what happened to you was ever okay, surely wasen't but now it's you now you have to be held accountable as you are at fault you're no longer the victim. People like this I feel remain in a victim complex thing in which makes it hard for them to see how they formed into what they didn't, therapy would be good for someone in this situation or something that humbles them and makes them acknowledge it. 

There are ways to not become a product of your environment and I personally believe it is when you see every perspective and you become less worried about how bad your life is and see others. When you observe and acknowledge you're not the only person who matters you slowly notice the things in your situation, the things you are at fault for and not everyone else etc. 

Basically i'm implying its no excuse for certain behavier. There sometimes are things you cannot do about things until your legal, but things that you can do but just blame your mental health and everyone else but yourself thats on you. That may be harsh but its true.