So often people go looking for birth family

[The People]

Coincidentally I was watching Grey's Anatomy and a follow up to this came up. Feeling guilty because of what was done to us. The woman felt shame because her disgusting mother pulled her hand away when the child was sitting next to her.

So many of us feel ashamed and embarrassed and so many other feelings that we try to repress. And fail, especially in the early years of recovery. The self-blame. It must have been our fault, especially if we had more than one b@stard or b!tch messing us up. Part of healing is finally recognizing that none of it was our fault.