Please tell me the age you were adopted, found out you were adopted, & your present attitude towards adoption?

kayla rae !

i was adopted when i was two.
i found out i was adopted when i was nine.
and im still kinda pissed that my parents never told me i was adopted.

i remember asking them when i was nine why on this other sheet of paper my last name was different.
and they told me i was adopted and that they didnt plan on telling me.
=/

i was adopted by my grandparents,
which is kinda odd,
cuz i call them mom and dad now.
=/

but my birth mom was single,
cuz my dad left her after he found out she was pregnant.

and my mom didnt want to give me to just anyone,
so she decided to do an open adoption with my then grandparents.

so yeah,
everythings kinda confusing with my family.

Problem Child

I stayed with a foster family for three months after I was born and was then adopted in a closed stranger adoption through the county. I was always told I was adopted but didn't understand what being adopted meant until about age six. I remember the day that I finally understood, I was devastated.

My aparents were not abusive, I was never spanked. They were not alcoholics, they almost never drank and certainly no drugs, they didn't even smoke. We went to church on Sundays, but they definitely weren't overly religious. They were very healthy, sane people. The family was a very normal middle-class family...except, of course for the fact they adopted me.

I have suffered depression my entire lifetime. I was a pain in my aparents butts from early childhood. I was always very sensitive, emotional, depressed, never happy...just very difficult. When I graduated high school they kicked me out of the house because they "didn't know what else to do for me". I'm sure they regretted adopting me for all the trouble I gave them and that I have been a huge disappointment.

I didn't know what to do after they kicked me out of the house or where to go. I ended up with a very abusive man that I married and he used me as his personal punching bag for two years. He threatened to kill me at least once a month and loved to hold loaded guns to my head. I would tell him to just go ahead and shoot, I didn't want to live anyway, but he said he didn't want to go to prison over me.

Somehow I got away from him, I got myself through college and have managed to hold down a job for most of my adult life with just occasional times of depression so severe that I couldn't function at all. I am married with a child. Unfortunately, I'm not a very good wife or mother because I'm so depressed. I know that it has affected my daughter negatively. The damage adoption has caused has certainly not been confined to just me.

In adulthood, I have tried just about every treatment available to alleviate the depression but I have become increasingly suicidal over the years as I see no escape from the pain I'm in. Being abandoned by my mother has caused me severely low self-esteem and overwhelming fear of rejection and abandonment. I trust no one and am always waiting for people to screw me over. As such, I cannot form normal relationships with people. Currently, I'm estranged from my adoptive family, I have no friends, everyone I meet hates me. I guess I just send out vibes of insecurity and negativity.

I cannot stop thinking about killing myself. The only thing that stops me is that I do not want to leave my daughter with a lifetime of trauma. I figure a messed-up mother is better than a mother who killed herself. My life is miserable and I sincerely wish that I could have been aborted instead of born only to be abandoned and adopted by strangers who I never bonded with and who didn't understand me.

smm

i was adopted at 4. i was actually taken away from my biological mother, as she was declared unfit

always knew i was adopted. kinda hard to hide it at four

my mom was a great mom, single parent for most of it. pretty normal i guess. really helped me to get over moving from the place where i was at to a nice home which couldn't have been easy.

big fan of adoption, so long as it's open. i know my biological mother, and remember some of the time i spent with her, also know my biological family (my mom made sure of that). it made things really easy, as i felt really loved, it was clear for me to see what my life would have been like had i not been adopted. i also plan on adopting, most likely an older child. though older children may have separation anxiety and stuff, from my experience with others who were adopted from 3-5 years old, and those who knew they were adopted from jump and those who found out later, i think telling kids they're adopted from the beginning is best, and adopting slightly older is best for me as they know what they're missing (ie, don't have the image of their biological parents being the king of siam, crying over their missing baby, that sort of thing)

lakechicklet90

i was adopted at 2.. by my grand parents i found out i was adopted when i was little .. and yes i hate adoption because the state never knoes how to go about the best intrest for tha child .. they went by who the real family was back when i was little ... and i feel they should have left me where i was i was in a good home .. where people loved me and wantd to keep me .. and when they took me away i cried how can u take a cryin child away from her foster mom.. my mom left me there when i was a infant .. and never came back. and my grand ma is very religious .. and theres ppl here who drink have been on drugs abusive everythang .. but i bet they wudnt care becasue ay im with my real family huh .. yeah right ...
but soon i will be workin wit social services to make things right for every child in america .. and im goin for the world becasue theres alwayz a child who needs a home .. i would love to sdopt alot of kids from all over and give them the love i never got ..!

rockrgrl

Some of these stories are so sad. My adoption experience was completely different. I was adopted in 1964 though Catholic Children's Charity. I was adopted from the hospital at about 2 weeks of age. My parent's are the most wonderful people in the world. I would LIKE them even if they were not my family. I have NEVER felt like an outsider or "different" from other family members. My aunts, uncles, and cousins could not have treated a natural child with more love than I was given. I always k new I was adopted. Thought it was pretty cool. My biological mother gave me the best start possible and I am eternally grateful and pray for her though I feel no need to meet or know her. I have one natural and one adopted child of my own.

Due in October with #1

I was adopted at the age of 5 my BIO brother was 6.
We both were taken away because my mother was unfit.

I have grown up knowing that I was adopted and my current view towards a adoption is wonderful. My parents adopted me when they were in there early 40s. They were Christian parents. My parents have been married almost 25 years...Just about 3 months ago I met my biological father. It was awkward but made me even for greatful for being adopted.

However during my whole childhood, I suffered from depression and bad behavior. My adopted mother and I never had a good relationship..It just wasn't there.
My parents tired to connect with me, my dad was able to however my mom tried to hard...She was forceful and everything had to be her own way. It was a struggle. I suffered from deattachment disorder. My Bio mother never had a connection with me. I was shuffled from one foster home to another. If I am correct, I was in 3 foster homes before I was 4.
I learned to deal with it over time. 3 years ago, I met an amazing man, who is 63 days will be my husband. He supported me through the whole process of trying to find my birth family. My fiance was the only person to really understands what it's like to be "left behind". I had a hard time dating men, they just didn't understand the struggle of what its like being adopted. For me as a female, I need to know who I am. It's an Identity thing. It's been almost 18 years since I was adopted. I learn to live with it every day.
I know that no matter what I do, my adoption was haunt me.
I tried suicide a few times, mainly for attention . I tried cutting when I was a teenager. I acted out and such..My parents sent me to treatment centers and boarding schools...Luckly, I was able to get through it. I stayed grounded in my faith which is probably the main reason why I am the Sane person I am today. The church and my husband give me the faith to move on. My only fear is that I won't be a good mother to my children. I am scared that I will mess up. I am scared that the Bi-polar and szchopherina that my birth parents had will be passed down to my child. I am just scared. I want to adopt my own kids but yet again I am scared. What if they come out wrong or weird...I pray everyday and thank the Lord that I am here. Every new days comes a new blessing.

Avigail P

I was adopted at birth. Physically, Mentally, and Emotionally abused by my A. parents.

Adoption should be against the law. If you can have a kid, you can figure out how to raise a kid. And if you want to "give them a better life" then MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEM.

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I was adopted right after I was born..I think if you cannot provide for your child the way it should be cared for then give it up for adoption to someone who can care for them. I love my adopted parents for believing enough in me to care how I grew up. Personally I hate my real parents. I will never forgive them for giving me up..and I feel if they didn't want me 25 years ago..why do they want me now?..I have a family..I do not need one that will only ruin what I have now..plus I don't have any idea the kind of people my real parents are nor do I care. They continue to try and meet me and my daughter but I could care less. I have a loving family..I am set with my life..and I do not want to have things interrupted in my life. I am speaking with my biological brother via emails because hes in Iraq but when he gets back I will indeed try and meet him and just him as it wasn't his fault I was placed for adoption..

AdoreHim

I was adopted at birth, and found out that I was adopted at such an early age, that I really don't remember when. I have 2 adopted children, from birth and they knew early as well. My attitude toward adoption is very positive. I was adopted privately and so were my 2 children were as well. About my adoptive parents- my dad passed away over 25 years ago, my mom is still living and is wonderful, I was a Christian before my mom was.

Lou S

Well I'm not adopted (I'm 12) but my friend's cousins adopted a little boy from Russia a few years ago. I don't really know any details though sorry.

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