Category: misplaced adoptee anger

  • Confessions of An Angry Adoptee

    Confessions of An Angry Adoptee

    We feel emotions more intensely than many non-adopted humans, for we have pre-adoption traumas that affect us right down to the cellular level.But, isn’t anger supposed to be a good thing? Yes!  Our emotions are a gift, meant to help us. But, anger can become toxic if not processed. Take this quiz to see if…

  • Why Some Adoptees Are Angry and Others Aren’t

    Why Some Adoptees Are Angry and Others Aren’t

    Imagine a five-year old whose parents were wiped out in a car wreck. She’s just attended their funeral and then witnessed their coffins lowered six feet into the ground. If you were to strike up a conversation with this child as her aunt takes her hand and leads her to the car, what do you…

  • What Adoptees and Foster Kids Need to Know About Anger

    What Adoptees and Foster Kids Need to Know About Anger

    What I didn’t know is that for the adoptee, there are two kinds of anger—real, God-given anger for when we’re in danger. It’s the proverbial red light on the dashboard, alerting us to the fact that something needs attention.The other kind of anger is mis-placed anger, which runs rampant in adoptee and foster kid hearts.…