Noah Adams 48, suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Noah grew up in a very abusive home. Noah's mom and dad fought all the time. Noah's parents were alcoholics which made it a very unstable environment. Noah suffered both verbal abuse & physical abuse from his parents because Noah's parents were both verbally and physically abusive to each other. Noah started running away from home at the age of 9. Noah is from Springfield, IL a family from Dallas, TX by the name of George and Anna Collins had 4 children of their own, adopted 2 children, and they were looking forward to adopting another child. Noah wanted help and wanted to be with a family who loved him and the family happened to be in Springfield at the time. George and Anna filled out the paperwork to legally adopt Noah because of the unfit and unstable environment that Noah was in with his parents in Springfield, so when Noah was 11 the family from Dallas legally adopted Noah because Noah's parents were unfit and unstable. From that trauma Noah have been having bad dreams. Noah stayed with a wonderful foster family and Noah at 13 had a very bad dream that his biological parents tried to kidnap Noah from the foster family that Noah was living with. George & Anna was very happy to welcome Noah into their blended family and Noah became their 7th child in the Collins family lovely home. Noah has his days when everything is normal but then there is other days when Noah have bad nightmares. Noah is trying to overcome the bad abuse with what Noah encountered as a child being raised by his biological parents. Speaking of Noah's parents, Noah have not seen his biological parents in over 30 years. When Noah was 18, he saw his biological mom and dad passing saying "Hi," in Dallas a normal thing that people say when they see each other.
Noah has always been an introvert (not into big crowds) pretty much all of his life but Noah's adoptive parents always reached out to Noah by sending Noah letters letting him know how proud they are of Noah and Noah's foster mom always send Noah homemade chocolate chip macadamia nuts cookies in Minneapolis, MN where Noah resides with his wife Joanie, their 2 girls, and their 2 boxers dogs. Noah has spoken at different meetings encouraging those who are dealing with PTSD to not be afraid to talk to someone. Joanie is Noah's biggest cheerleader an extrovert (into all crowds) who encourages Noah not be afraid. Noah sometimes Skype online with his foster parents in Dallas and thank them for all that they have done for Noah and taking Noah in and raising Noah like their own children.
Springfield, IL (The first 9 years of Noah's life)
Dallas, TX (The past 11 years of Noah's life)
(Noah, Joanie, their 2 girls, and their 2 dogs home) Minneapolis, MN Noah & Joanie's 23 years of marriage together.
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