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Originally Posted by Yoda
Does she like animals? Has she ever said she would like a pet?
My depression was compounded with ptsd and for me sitting in a chair in the barn focusing on my horse's calm eyes helped lots.
Sometimes when I was feeling overwhelmed I would go grab a couple of our kittens and place them in bed with me and cuddled them against my bare skin.
Even a stuffed animal can help.
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Pets are prohibited in our building unfortunately. We were going to chance it by getting a budgie bird—she had one a while back and loved the thing—but then we found out that Japan is one of the countries that the US won't allow you to bring birds from. And she didn't want to have it for only a year or so only to have to give it to someone else. Once we move to America, we're planning to get a dog.
I'll try the stuffed animal approach, though.