You’re not betraying your adoptive parents by looking for your family. They are betraying you if they are upset instead of helping you.
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Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
by Gretchen Sisson

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The War on Adoptee Intuition: How Doubt Is Manufactured to Keep You Silent! They Needed You to Doubt – Because Your Knowing Was Too Powerful

As an adoptee- Your mind was programmed to doubt yourself. Your intuition was never lost—you were just taught not to trust it. The difference? Intuition doesn’t ask for permission. Your mind does.

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