WORAP?

What is WORAP? Waiting on referral adoption psychosis:-) Funny, huh? I have to admit I did not come up with the term, I found it on a forum for our homestudy adoption agency. It is of course not a REAL mental health diagnosis, however, I will add to the humor by specifying some symptoms:

Waiting on Referral Adoption Psychosis (WORAP):

• The presence of a uncontrollable urge to check your email, blog list, and voicemail every 5 seconds for fear that you may miss some important piece of information.
• An irrational belief that you have messed up some paperwork and the whole adoption process will fall apart at any moment.
• A strange sense of all consuming grief every time you see a infant or pregnant mother.
• Your body has a mind of it's own when you enter a store and find yourself in the baby and toy sections.
• You experience psychosomatic pregnancy symptoms including emotional spirals, cravings, fatigue, headache, and stomach ache.
• You nest by creating a list in your head of every tiny possible thing that must be done in the house before your children come home.
• When you call your insurance company or human resources about adoption benefits they have no idea what they are getting into because you are prepared to battle.