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Mental Illness and Horses

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First of all, do me a favor. Keep on the topic. That means don't come here a bash or order people around. I don't know if the Horse Talk board is a correct location, but i wanted to make a little space for those of us with MI. Onward to the real post!

I have severe depression and anxiety. There's been some really tough times for me, that acted as an obstacle. I'm working to overcome all the trouble. I'm starting to see my horse regularly now. My therapist likes that I have animals to use in some at-home treatment besides my medication.

I'm curious how others push themselves to spend time with their horses on those days where, even getting out of bed is hard. I now have an alarm on my phone to go off every day at 3 PM. Its working well so far. I don't always go, but im happy to say that I am now visiting my horse most days. (Note, this is aside from feeding and such. I'm speaking of quality horse and owner time.)
 
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