I have two cats, they do help with my depression because I have to take care of them, which takes up some of my time...but they don't do much for conversation.

If I did have to walk a dog, I think I'd probably have issues...I get nervous going outside to get my mail because I really don't want to talk to my neighbors. It's not that I don't like people, but I get so anxious talking to people, I do everything I can to avoid them.

I just don't know why I'm like this. Some of it has to do with feeling self-conscious about the way I look, some of it has to do with being afraid of what people will think. Logically I know it doesn't matter what people think, but it's hard not to.