Tag: adoptee feelings

• Adoption Reunion fantasy

  When I was in my early to mid twenties and studying, I just happened upon a book in the educational library about adoption reunions. I have no idea what it was called. This is going back thirty plus years now. It was the first book I had ever seen read about adoption. I took it…

  Private Person

  March 31, 2023

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  adoptee, adoptee family, adoptee feelings, adoptees, adoption, adoption and family, adoption Aotearoa, adoption estrangement, adoption law reform, adoption life, adoption reunion, adoption trauma, closed adoption, closed adoption damage, NZ adoption

• I am very good at acting normal

  Why did I not rebel, sneak out, sleep with boys, smoke, drink and do drugs? Why did I have good friends. Why did I hardly drink much. Why did I decide at the age of 11, that I would never ever smoke after seeing that black tarred slice of a smokers lung preserved in glass…

  Private Person

  March 26, 2023

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  adoptee, Adoptee emotions, adoptee family, adoptee feelings, adoptees, adoption, adoption Aotearoa, adoption dysfunction, adoption trauma, closed adoption, NZ adoption