i grew up as an orphan.
[{"role": "system", "content": "An orphan (from the \"\") is someone whose parents are dead, unknown, or have permanently abandoned him or her. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition). Various groups use different definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the United States is a minor bereft through \"death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents\". In the common use, an orphan does not have any surviving parent to care for him or her. However, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), and other groups label any child that has lost one parent as an orphan. In this approach, a \"maternal orphan\" is a child whose mother has died, a \"paternal orphan\" is a child whose father has died, and a \"double orphan\" is a child who has lost both parents. This contrasts with the older use of \"half-orphan\" to describe children that had lost only one parent. Orphans are relatively rare in developed countries, because most children can expect both of their parents to survive their childhood.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "my parents are dead and I grew up as an orphan."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is so sad!  How have you overcome this situation?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I went and sen an OT or occupatinal therapist."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What does an occupational therapist do?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They often work with people with mental problems and disabilities."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is this ongoing for you or have you successfully acclimated to your circumstances?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Many of my symptoms are relapsing and remitting. So I just have to cope day to day."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm sorry to hear that.  I hope in the long run things become easier for you and you are able to get all the help and support you require."}]