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Are some of the following statements true for you?
If you are in the search phase...
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I think I want to search, but I'm not really sure. I don't know how a search will affect my life.
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I am searching and I
am frustrated and angry. I feel obsessed with the search and the rest of my life seems unimportant or burdensome.
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I have found some contact
information and now I don't know what to do. I feel like everything in my life is hanging on this one decision.
If you are
or were in a reunion..
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I have made contact and
I didn't find the kind of person I thought I would. I feel disappointed and I am unsure what to do next. I am terrified
of doing something wrong.
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No one I live with or
work with seems to understand me and I feel more alone and different than ever before. I don't know how to bring my
new family member into my existing family - or if I even should.
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This reunion is moving
too slowly or too quickly for me. I need the other person to understand how much contact I want.
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I have feelings of guilt
and shame and I don't know how to work through them. I feel like everything I do hurts someone. How can Ii do
what I need to with these feelings controlling me?
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I have been rejected
and I can't get over it. I don't care about the things I used to and I feel sad all the time. I am angry and stuck.
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I wanted to thank you for opening my eyes to what has been in front of me for years. Now
I'm not scared to cross that bridge. I'm well aware of the risks and chances that I might be left disappointed, but I'm
willing to take the chance and grow from whatever may come. ~ Courtney, adoptee
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