How to Deal With Other People Being Sympathetic

A lot of the people I grew up with are either. In prison or dead. So that's why I'm strong. Now why I feel like I have to be strong. And that I can like confidently say without backtracking on it. How do you deal with other people being sympathetic towards you? My immediate answer my head was that I don't like pity. I don't need your f***ing pity.