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What I Was Really Avoiding: Jay Barbanel on Adoption, Therapy & Healing

Jay Barbanel, author of *Finding Tico*, unpacks what he spent two decades avoiding, and what it took to finally choose healing over silence.

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Kristen 10/5/21 Kristen 10/5/21

Adopteeland

One constantly intrusive thought in my head that’s been with me since I was a child has always been, “Am I alone? Am I the only one who feels this way?”

Most non-adopted people oversimplify and invalidate the grief of adoptees because they assume that our families are just like other families.

Adoptee Land by Kristen, Adoptee Contributor

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It’s such a curious thing how being relinquished is never talked about with sorrow; but instead with applaud for the adoptive parents.

Adoption, Shame & Cocktail Parties by Amy, Adoptee Contributor

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I played the role of being a chameleon; not realizing the toxicity of what I was doing in allowing people to mislabel me.

Latina Mislabeled by Martha, Adoptee Contributor

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Featured Story

What I Was Really Avoiding: Jay Barbanel on Adoption, Therapy & Healing

Adopteeland

Most non-adopted people oversimplify and invalidate the grief of adoptees because they assume that our families are just like other families.

It’s such a curious thing how being relinquished is never talked about with sorrow; but instead with applaud for the adoptive parents.

I played the role of being a chameleon; not realizing the toxicity of what I was doing in allowing people to mislabel me.

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