kim thompson shares her letter to Korea about her friend who was adopted and committed suicide in her 30s
Tag: talking about suicide
Navigating Disability and Rare Medical Conditions as an Intercountry Adoptee
What complex issues do intercountry adoptees living with disability and or a rare disease navigate? We have created a resource to help educate on this topic.
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.
A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On
An online vigil, 30 Dec 2021, in honour of Christian Hall, adopted from China to the USA, shot to death by police during a mental health episode.
Toxicity and Grief
by Dan R Moen, adopted from the Philippines to the USA. Part three of this series focuses on toxicity and its impact with grief. The black vine-like shapes represent toxicity and how it manifests itself within and around all of us. It’s depicted as an uncontrollable beast and has completely engulfed an individual. It grows …
Demystifying the stigmatization of adoptee suicide
Lina shares her 3rd part in a series on adoptee suicide; confronting the stigma of suicide.
Coping with Loss from Adoption Suicide
Lina Vanegas shares about how she coped with suicide loss in adoption.
Adoptees Need Mental Health Services
Christina speaks about the need for mental health services for intercountry adoptees who live many traumas.
Letter to President Moon
by Michelle Y. K. Piper adopted from Sth Korea to Australia. President Moon, To you, I may be merely a statistic. A Number. Name: 86c-1335. Born: “bastard” Abandoned by: Bio Mother These are the words inked into the brittle pages “cataloguing” my birth, 4 ½ months before I was separated from my mother, exiled from my motherland, …
Adoptee Remembrance Day
Lynelle writes about adoptee suicide for Adoptee Remembrance Day
The Legacy and Impacts of Abuse in Adoption
Lynelle's part 2 of 3 on Sexual Abuse within Adoption.
Dealing with Adoptee Suicide
How do we deal with a peer adoptee suicide? What needs to change?