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Depression is really hard to overcome. Please Tell me guys can dog help in healing depression and anxiety?
All since 5/17?Then I met a mental health specialist and got my dog registered as an emotional support dog. I am glad such a provision exists. The specialist just evaluated me to check if I need the presence of my dog to support me. I qualified and got my ESA letter. This enabled me to live with my pet without any problems and I was not bounded by any legal restrictions too.
My misbegotten mongrels have added so much more stress to my life than kittens that it isn't funny. They are seriously more like human children than "normal" pets, even though it's not the dogs' faults that human society has changed so much since the 1970s. It's hard not to make potentially hurtful comments about how I "should have my head examined" for taking on Chocolate, because not-dog people just won't understand the severity of her issues.On the flip side, an animal (especially a dog) can cause a great deal of stress.
Sometimes pain is nature's way of telling you something's wrong. We're all more aware of mental illness because of the recent loss of so many celebrities to suicide, but when it gets to this level we need to stop looking for easy fixes like pills, platitudes, and panaceas. It isn't the dog's responsibility to fix human problems.I lived with his situation for years. When he was depressed he could not even get out of bed.. and we had a farm to run. If I had not been there on those days no cows would have been fed, no cows milked, no dogs walked and.. well.. you get the picture. Medication, hospitalization etc. did not help either.
Medication is ridiculously helpful for a great number of people, but unfortunately, thee are a great many more who won't get help because of views like this: that pills are some "easy fix" and should be looked down on. This is a hideously irresponsible viewpoint. Ugh.Sometimes pain is nature's way of telling you something's wrong. We're all more aware of mental illness because of the recent loss of so many celebrities to suicide, but when it gets to this level we need to stop looking for easy fixes like pills, platitudes, and panaceas. It isn't the dog's responsibility to fix human problems.