But having narcissistic adoptive parents is fairly common. And having a narcissistic parents, on top of being adopted is very hard. We are constantly searching for our identities and place in the world. I don't know - everyone's experience is different, but adoption is trauma and…Â
We also don't have mirroring. We don't look like or feel like anyone around us. This is especially traumatizing if we are transracial adoptees. A lot of us grow up not knowing who we are. I don't want to discredit people who have had positive adoption experiences, but a lot of us…Â
My life started out with trauma. It started out with a death. People who support adoption think that babies are blank slates. We are not. We spend 9 months (give or take) with our mothers. We know them. Losing them is a preverbal trauma that effects the rest of our lives. Most people…Â
I was adopted at birth, so I can only speak of that particular experience. I am going to talk some crazy shit about adoption, and I want to preface it with I'm not talking about kids who are older who need homes or kids who need to be taken from abusive situations. That being said,…Â
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