3. For those of you who were adopted at a young age and never met your biological p...

For those of you who were adopted at a young age and never met your biological parents, do you have any desire to? Why or why not?

13, but it was very deep down back then. I started having emotional problems around that time, heavy heavy depression.

Years later I went to therapy and my therapist told me a lot of my problems, from what she could tell, probably stemmed from being given up for adoption. She said that the first year of a person’s life is extremely fundamental in shaping someone’s psyche. I don’t know if she’s right but it rings true in ways I can’t particularly understand right now.

We didn’t explore that avenue further because I wasn’t ready to but since then I’ve thought about them more. I think of my adoptive parents as my parents really, they’re the greatest. But I often wonder about my birth parents now. I don’t know anything about them. Maybe one day I’ll wanna know, but the thought somewhat terrifies me right now. I just hope they’re doing okay really.

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