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I was not able to spend the first 15 years of my life with my bio dad. Now I see pictures of him with my brother and sister, and I'm jealous! I'm really upset I had to miss out on doing things with him. I didn't get to do the daddy daughter things. How can I cope or get over this in a healthy way?
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You need to allow yourself the right to be upset and to grieve the loss of those years with your father. It's natural that you would feel jealous. You were robbed of having a relationship with your father.Take the time to allow yourself to grieve. I lost decades with mine. I only found him a year ago. At times, I am upset and do grieve the loss. I choose not to focus a lot of energy on the past. (I do visit there from time to time.) Instead, I focus on what I have with my father now. (That doesn't mean that I don't allow myself to feel upset about the past when those feelings arise. It just means that my focus is on the present.)
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