Kassidy is saying that they're (probably regularly) praised for how strong they are. Being mentally strong and resilient is generally seen as good and something to actively aspire to so as a reader/listener you expect them to be pleased with this. Kassidy, humourous-sarcastic-cynically, turns that expectation around by saying that, while they appreciate the compliment, they were forced to be like that, they did not actively aspire to be strong, and may even prefer not to be strong if in exchange they wouldn't have to have gone through all the BS that made them strong. Basically they're saying "yeah, but at what cost?"

Don't worry about the bad news thing, that was me poking a bit of friendly fun at you because I thought it might make the meaning more obvious. Ignore that part, sorry :)