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If you got a pet for your anxiety, but the pet also has anxiety, you went from therapist to a group therapy model (programming.dev)

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I see this joke often

I got a cat for my anxiety/depression, but my cat also has anxiety/depression

Get another cat

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[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I sometimes worry that I gave my dog my anxiety

[-] vanontom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

My cat told me I gave him autism.

[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

Crazy cat-person vs crazy-cat person.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 17 points 1 day ago

Crazy-cat-person.

DAMNIT!!!

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

My wife and one of our dogs take the same anxiety medicine. No joke, the dog takes a higher dose.

[-] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

We loved dogs so much we gave them our hopes and our fears.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

The cat needs an emotional support dog/parrot/turtle/horse/shark or something.

[-] fnrir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Give them an emotional support blåhaj :DD

[-] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

If i was a cat I'd knead a blåhaj

[-] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I got a dog during the pandemic for emotional support because I was living along and only leaving my apartment once a week. My dog's on Prozac 🤷🏻‍♀️

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Failing upwards. Story of my life

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Misery loves company

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Anxious cats all the way down

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024

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