How does one succeed in life without parents?
I can't believe I'm making this post but it's been on my mind this whole time. I don't know how to find a solution to my issues so I thought I'd give it a shot here.
Just a few days ago I turned 27. Crazy how 4 years have passed so quickly because at the age of 22, after 2 decades of abuse I finally escaped my biological parents abroad. Ever since I've been learning everything from scratch, especially how to survive on my own.
People at my age already have decent, if not great life while I'm still struggling with becoming and adult. Hell I don't even feel like my age at all and only see how the number on my birthday keeps growing every year.
I don't even know how to socialize, how to find connections and build my life around it.
It's been a long dream of mine to find actual parents who would love to "adopt" me (although its way past the legal age of adoption, I know). People who would like to help me grow up when I couldn't and be my mentors. Is such thing even possible these days?
This whole topic, although has been dictating most of my life, is so complicated to me that I don't even know where to start with the right questions, so please forgive me if this post sounds vague.
If you were me, what would you do?