Jan 13 • General discussion
Reunification
Reunification is often sold as "closure".
As if meeting biological family suddenly heals everything.
For many adoptees, it doesn't.
Reunification does not automatically fix:
-Abandonment wounds
-Identity confusion
-Attachment issues
-Grief over lost time
-The feeling of being "too much" or "not enough"
Sometimes it brings:
-More questions than answers
-New rejection or disappointments
-Pressure to bond on a timeline that doesn't feel natural
-Guilt for not feeling what others expect you to feel
You can be grateful and hurt.
Relieved and angry
Curious and overwhelmed
Reunification is an event, not a cure.
If you've experienced reunification: what did you think that it would/might fix, but it did not?
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