Paul expresses the depths of pain and healing an adoptee undergoes who has suffered complex trauma via relinquishment and adoption via his artwork and writing.
Tag: complex trauma
Olivia Atkocaitis is not just a tabloid headline
Maya challenges us to see beyond the tabloids and to give adoptees their space to represent themselves and be heard with their authentic real voices.
Being Adopted
Marcella shares on how being adopted has impacted her being.
Suicide Amongst Adoptees
Hilbrand shares about the trauma in relinquishment and adoption and the connection with suicide amongst adoptees.
The Feeling of Not Belonging Anywhere
Michelle shares the complexities as an intercountry adoptee and the ongoing feeling of not belonging and how this underlies her many medical diagnoses.
Finding Peace after Adoption
Jonas shares on the complexities of being an intercountry adoptee, ending up on the streets at age 13 and getting his life back as an adult to find his peace.
Ofir shares about Adoptee Anger
Ofir shares as a Colombian adoptee about her anger, feeling displaced, misunderstood, having no-one to connect with or speak to in the same language.
Sold via adoption on the Gypsy black market in Greece
Roula shares her story of being sold as a baby by a Greek doctor who stole gypsy babies and trafficked them via adoption to foreign countries. The impacts, the ongoing complexities.
We Need To Talk About Adoptee Suicide, Now
Lina shares part 2 of her discussion into adoptee suicide - something we must talk about if we are going to provide a more supportive space.