Animal Advocacy How Animal Avocates Avoid Depression

[shyvas]

How Animal Lovers Avoid Getting Totally Depressed

 

[KLS52]

I only got halfway through but an interesting read

 

[shyvas]

I only got halfway through but an interesting read

It does certainly give you a few helpful tips. I really admire animal advocates who spent so much time helping these poor animals.

 

[KLS52]

Yes, I often wonder how they manage. I have such a hard time just driving, sometimes, and seeing road kill, not to mention all of the stuff that is circulating on social media.

 

[shyvas]

Yes, I often wonder how they manage. I have such a hard time just driving, sometimes, and seeing road kill, not to mention all of the stuff that is circulating on social media.

Same here. I usually see a hedgehog dead and or a cat every other day and feel sick. I also try and sign most petitions but just reading them makes me ill.

 

[Mark Mywordz]

You have to admire animal activists and their way of coping as described in the blog is a good recipe for keeping depression at bay and for life in general.

 

[shyvas]

You have to admire animal activists and their way of coping as described in the blog is a good recipe for keeping depression at bay and for life in general.

I really do admire them and think that we need more of these kind of people.

 

[shyvas]

I'm happy to know at least 2 other people who live in my neighbourhood and care for animals.

 

[Tom L.]

I've found a lot of the things that article advises to do really work: physical exercise (although you have to be careful at first if you haven't done it for quite some time) (My Captain Obvious statement for the week). Also socializing with family (if you get along with them ) and friends.

 

[Dedalus]

These are sound principles. Great article.

 

[buttleradam21]

Thanks for sharing your informational knowledge related to the animals. I hope it will be the helpful for the peoples.

 

[Yaroslav Fadeev]

Thanks for the link. For ukrainians this information is very useful now

 

[vegan89]

Dealing with this problem right now...

One thing that seems to help is sunshine. Not getting enough really makes the mood worse.

 

[Tom L.]

I've been... I don't know how to put it. I'm not "depressed"... and I haven't lost any animal companions for quite some time, so it doesn't go in the "Memorial" thread. I've just been having bouts of missing animals I've known years past. I'd rather do that than forget them, but I wish I could remember them happily (which I do lots of times- but lately I've been missing them).

 

[KLS52]

I've been... I don't know how to put it. I'm not "depressed"... and I haven't lost any animal companions for quite some time, so it doesn't go in the "Memorial" thread. I've just been having bouts of missing animals I've known years past. I'd rather do that than forget them, but I wish I could remember them happily (which I do lots of times- but lately I've been missing them).

I can sympathize/empathize. I find myself doing that too, sometimes.
I still get the feelings of “what if”…even from pets who have passed years ago. I try not to dwell on whether or not I did enough, did I let them go too soon…did I wait too long…it’s awful. I guess it’s somewhat normal and an indication of how much we loved them, when we can still think about them years later.