unwanted

just read the article about feeling unwanted, i understand completely. i was adopted at a very young age but have grown up always knowing i was but it still makes me feel like im unwanted!!

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going insane, Hello and welcome to PC.

I have a friend who was adopted and he actually feels the same way, so you are not alone. You certainly have a right to your feelings but I think you are wanted as a couple adopted you. As you post, you will find others who can relate and offer you much support. I am glad that you are here. Keep reaching out. I wish you the best here on PC.

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Sucks to feel unwanted.
l've always felt unwanted, by my 'natural parents' they were uselesss.

It does not reflect on you personally when your natural parents gave you up. It reflects on their troubles, and that they felt that they were not able to raise a child. Not because they did not "want" you personally.

I always felt unwanted because my Mom is an alcoholic. Her emotions were caught up in her pain, her self medicated drugs and her trying to pretend that she was fine. My Dad can only deal with people who are fine otherwise he runs away, literally pretending to work on the other side of the world. I was always asking for attention, love, help because my Mom kept moving me across the world so she could chase my Dad. I am a stubborn strong person so I never stopped trying to get enough love. They eventually cut me off. I still tried to get in contact. Eventually, my Mom came on the phone to speak to me. I have found a group of us who were not wanted by certain people in our lives that were not capable of being there. As part of this group, which is always waiting, always kind, and has a lot of love and smiles to give, I say welcome to you. We will hug you when ever you ask. If you take a breath, go for a walk, and when you are ready come and visit again for a hug.

I can relate to you, only I wish I had been adopted. My mother left me and my sister very young stating that she was tired of being a mother. My dad at that point dropped us off with my grandparents, where my sister being the youngest was just babied. While I on the other hand was told that no one would ever want me, and that they should just drop me of at social services. I spent the majority of my childhood moving from house to house a few months with my dad, then my mom, and right back to my grandparents. You are not alone in the not feeling wanted. Some of us walk the same path as you we just stumbled upon it differently.