Thread: Adoption, Does adoption affect the way a child grows up? Anyone adopted here???
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Old Mar 02, 2009, 09:12 PM
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I'm feeling that I've got an attachment disorder. I can't click with my mother nor my sister who was also adopted from a different area.

I was found about 2 wks as a newborn on the streets of China, picked up by the police. Sent to an orphanage which was an abusive orphanage, fed like 2X a week

adopted at age 1.5 years old, moved to North America, not giving where I live for privacy reasons

I'm growing up as a psychological mess in and out of the hospital, attempted suicide, am self-destructive, don't feel like I'm really here

is anyone a person like me?? highly unlikely, anyone a professional here??? I need some help

Main Question

Does Adoption affect the way a child grows up into their later life?

I feel that this is true

please help me, I really need some answers!
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