The legacy of institutionalization-- Orphanages, attachment trauma, borderline personality disorder, and C-PTSD

This is the story of Milena, starting with her early years in a Bulgarian orphanage, then the hope and promise of being adopted by an American family, and finally the emerging and increasingly ominous consequences of early attachment trauma and institutionalization. Adoption is complicated and multi-layered….and the unforeseen consequences of adoption can play out over a lifetime. Milena thought she had won the golden ticket out of the orphanage and into a new life in America, but after...