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Orphaned Adults

This group is for adults who have lost both parents and are struggling with coming to terms with this impact, which is harder then you realize till it happens to you.

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Latest Activity: Jul 3, 2023

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No way back to the past...

I am an only child...I lost my dad at 2 & my mom at 27, which I had just given birth to her first grandbaby 22 days before she passed away. Trying to be a parent, with no one around to say "did I…Continue

Started by Sarah Slagle Nov 9, 2012.

Orphaned adults - too young for the 'middle aged' literature, too old for the child/adolescent ... Any for young adults?

Hello, my name is Catherine. I'm 30 a year old and an 'orphaned adult'. I am the eldest of 3 children. Our father died suddenly at 45, when were aged 19, 17 and 13 (respectively). We lost our mother…Continue

Started by Catherine Robson May 21, 2012.

Longing for belonging 3 Replies

I don't feel like I belong to anyone, and there is nobody else who will love me unconditionally like my parents did.  I feel so alone.  I am only 26 and have my whole life ahead of me.  I have some…Continue

Started by Nicole. Last reply by Brenda Ann Jan 13, 2012.

Both at the same time??? I just dont understand... 1 Reply

Hey everyone all most 2 months ago now on July 13th 2011 I lost both my Mother (Donna) and Father (Bruce) in a tragic Semi-truck accident. My parents had been team over the road drivers for almost…Continue

Started by Amber Nichole Scarborough McGhee. Last reply by Ruth Oct 10, 2011.

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Comment by CPS on February 6, 2010 at 12:35pm
I have a question for the rest of you. Have your relationships with your siblings/aunts and uncles become strained since becoming an orphaned adult? I am struggling with many family relationships without my mom. She was the connection to us all. Now I am left to define realtionships with the rest of my family. I can not seem to connect with my sister who I live with, we were living with my mom until she passed. People keep giving me advice to move out and on. But no one seems to get I/we have no parents left, even my sister, aunt and uncle. My relationship with my sister, my only surviving relative is at times hanging by a thread.
Comment by CPS on February 6, 2010 at 12:01pm
I have lost everyone. The last was my mom this past summer. Feeling very lost and confused. I am really struggling with the adivce I have been getting from those around me. Any tips on how to get these opinions out of my head? The advice is to move on make decisions get going with things. I am single have a sister who is married with a 3 year old who. I think to myself move on, where to, all the people that kept me grounded are gone. If I go anywhere I dont have a soft place to come back to. Hesitant to leave in the first place.
Comment by Steven K Frank on September 29, 2009 at 10:35pm
I lost my dad in '04 and my mom nine months later. It's a very awkward situation. I know they would want me to be strong and do well, but it's insanely hard (and getting harder) to deal with the fact that my mom will never smile at me again and tell me its okay, and my dad won't ever show me another thing about working on something.
Comment by Julie Dolsey-Weiss on September 16, 2009 at 9:44pm
I am sure that I am not the only one that feels like this. My friends try to understand but since they have not lost both their parents. Like i have said I did not realize how much it would hurt losing both my parents. Especially my mom, i realize how much she supported and loved me!
 

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My mom died 4 months ago

My mom had pulmonary fibrosis. She was sick for a few years. It was funny how when my grandmother smoked, my mom would always say-I’m gonna die from second hand smoke. My mom never smoked. She died from lung disease. Ironic.I was fine at the funeral. Planning. Talking to everyone. I thought u handled it great. Now 4 months later, I’m a mess. Some days I’m perfectly fine, but others I can’t walk down the street without crying. I keep thinking that I haven’t talked to her in a while & I…See More
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