Exposure
I recently shared my story on the @officialpeopleofindia page. It went pretty much how I thought it would. I knew by sharing my story with them, it was going to reach out to a much larger audience. It was nerve-racking and anxiety-inducing. But I knew I needed it to be done. Let people see the other side of a system they believe is best for abandoned and unwanted children. The comments to my story included those confused and angered by me saying I was brought up with love and abuse. Like it's impossible to experience both. To them, I can explain my trauma to you, I cannot understand it for you. As I read through more, there was empathy and backlash. Backlash because I was shedding adoption and my adoptive parents in a negative light. And this is why it was important for me to share. Because there are a countless number of adoptees afraid of this backlash. Afraid of what society will tell them how to feel. That we need to suppress all the bad and just be grateful that we're ali