Tag: depression
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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…
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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…
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Could Kate Spade Have Beaten Depression?
As details spill about Kate Spade’s depression and suicide, I am both sad and sickened, for it could have been me. Since mid-life, I have battled depression. Our move to Indy from Michigan, where I lost family, friends, and full-time ministry in BSF as a teaching leader, triggered me big time. Coming into unknown territory…
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An Effective Writing Project for Shut-Down Adoptees and Foster Kids
Write your story” is what’s trendy now in adoption circles amongst adoptees. YIKES…I can’t do that. I’ve written seven books, some which tell the circumstances of my story, but my voice…it’s missing. Last night I lay in bed, panicked about not being able to find my voice. Where is my voice? How can I find…
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When Adoptees & Foster Kids Get Shamed for Depression
It is possible to add insult to injury by labeling an adoptee’s or foster child’s battle with depression as a spiritual problem. Please don’t.
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Have You Been Carrying Around Old Things, Like Me?
Dear friends, There’s a photo that I’ve been hauling around in a folder for years (at least 30). Of course, I can’t put my hands on it right now, but let me describe it to you. It features a Jewish man who is weeping profusely, his face mostly buried in a damp handkerchief. If you…