Getting a pet is one of the most potent, non-medical way of tackling stress, depression, anxiety, ease loneliness, encourage exercise and playfulness, and even improve your cardiovascular health.
Yes, you read rightly!
Getting a pet, be it a puppy, cat, parrot or a bunny, gives you the responsibility of taking care of them and seeing to their overall well-being.
It helps you divert your attention from things that brings you sorrows and sadness.
Taking care of your pets also gives you a reason to take better care of yourself and your environment, thus giving you numerous reasons to live and keep hopes high. Caring for an animal can also help children grow up more secure and active. Pets also provide valuable companionship for older adults.
Other non-medical treatment for depression includes:
- Doing something new
- Changing your thoughts
- Surrounding yourself with people you love
- Doing things that makes you happy.
- Getting enough sleep.
- Exercises; to mention but a few.
Although, I never really liked pets, but I was once a pet owner. My pet dog Sly made me so happy. I also had the responsibility of taking care of him daily by brushing his teeth, bathing him, feeding him, treating him when I noticed any negative signs and playing with him when I was less busy. He was so attached to me and always wanted to be around me wherever I went. But unfortunately, I got the sad news that he died when I returned from school.
My point: within the few months we spent together, I was so much in love with my pet and barely noticed any negativity around me.
My name is Tega Chisom Churchill. You can know more about me here
This is my first post to fur friends.
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