I gave up my baby… Therapist Reacts! | Reddit Stories |ft. Joanna Lovinger, MFT
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🗓️ 8 November 2025
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00:09 r/trueoffmychest - I regret placing my child for adoption
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35:27 r/okstorytime - After two decades of living with my parents, I can tell my mother wants me to give up grad school, and it’s just another thing to add to the list of instances that are ruining my relationship with my mom… but I don’t know how to draw the line this time because my dad is caught in the middle.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John. |
| 0:00.9 | This is Sam. |
| 0:01.5 | Your OG OK Storytime podcast hosts. |
| 0:03.5 | We have some great stories coming up. |
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| 0:11.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:13.3 | I gave up my baby for adoption and now I regret it. |
| 0:17.0 | Okay, that's really sad. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm so sorry to hear about that. |
| 0:20.4 | But an adoption contract is a legally binding contract. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm struggling with my adoption decision. I placed my daughter for adoption as a newborn four years ago. I got pregnant during my first year of college by my then boyfriend. We were both 19 years old. I loved him. |
| 0:37.9 | He loved me. We were in love. By the way, this comes from deleted. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK-story time subredit. I'm Sophia. And we have a guest here today. Yes, I'm Joanna. I'm a therapist. Riley, if you'd like to. And I'm Riley. Joanna is a licensed therapist here in L.A. |
| 0:57.3 | She special Joanna. Yeah. Riley, if you'd like to. And I'm Riley. Joanna is a licensed therapist here in L.A. |
| 0:57.3 | She specializes in trauma recovery, relationships, and identity exploration. |
| 1:02.5 | She's worked with artists navigating the pressures of creative careers, first responders |
| 1:07.1 | coping with emotional burnout, and individuals processing adoption complexes. And we thought |
| 1:12.6 | it would be great to give her a little adoption story today. Yeah. And Joanna has nicely agreed to come |
| 1:18.4 | in on her day off. So thank you. A long drive from Boston. But OP says, initially I let my |
| 1:27.3 | emotions take complete control. It's easy to do in a situation |
| 1:30.8 | like that. I decided I loved him so much that I couldn't terminate the baby. And we talked and talked |
| 1:36.8 | about what to do. Neither of our families were happy. They both thought it would ruin our lives. |
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