Topper And Seezer: Character Analysis

A 2015 study found that 16.1 million adults in the United States had experienced at least one major episode of depression in the past year. This is one of the most common mental illnesses in the country. Anxiety is another common disorder, with about 40 million people suffering from it. It is important that such patients seek treatment early to keep their mental condition from taking a turn for the worse. Another thing that can be of immense help to such people is getting psychiatric service dogs to help them in this battle. Let’s take a look at how such dogs can help patients with depression and anxiety.

Main point one: Companionship is important to have in your life, even if it comes from your dog. When life gets stressful it’s nice to have a companion to play with, take a walk with or even cheer you up. Companionship can be hard to come by with humans sometimes and easily found in dogs. While their personalities vary according to the breed of the dog, one characteristic remains the same, their loyalty. Dogs make great listeners, maybe because they can’t tell you to stop talking, but either way they seem to listen with interest. Many dog owners find themselves telling dogs things they can't seem to tell anyone else. This is what makes dogs good therapeutic animals. A dog is an especially good animal for someone who lives alone or suffers from depression. Having a dog present can also help people who have suffered a tragic loss in their life and need the company of another life for comfort. I know from my personal experience of losing a loved one, what a dog can do to help you through. Owning a dog gave me responsibility at me weakest and gave me a

Now to explain what depression is. Depression as explain by https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml are as follows. Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder. It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working. To be diagnosed with depression, the symptoms must be present for at least two weeks. As a person that deals with this issue from time to time I can say its most definitely a very terrible condition to have. As it over you making you feel like not wanting to do anything anymore or

Crisis Line help clients and family connect to various resources after-hours. Vicki and other Crisis Line staff are able to link Callers to resources such as substance abuse treatment facilities, food banks, AA/NA groups, and housing resources. Vicki is able to perform thorough suicide risk assessments, utilize therapeutic intervention strategies for clients and/or a family member of a client in distress, and have a knowledge of mental health

Occasionally everyone has suffered from depression, weather it was long term or short term. Feeling hopelessness, irritablity, or feeling anxious or “empty” these symptoms can greatly effect people’s daily routines. Suddenly, waking up in the morning, trying to fall asleep or simply interacting with other people becomes one of the most difficult challenges. Depression can be cause by many things such as financial issues, relationship problems, family problems or an individual just may not be happy. Although, if this person uses their social imagination it may be a little easier for them to cope with their depression. Looking at their problems in a more general perspective helps them realize they are not alone and these are daily problems

As you can see dogs and humans have similar psychological disorders and they are all treated in a different way. Often dogs are used to help humans overcome certain disorders or as a comfort to help with the disorder. Humans are not alone and dogs often struggle with the same

From maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene an individual feels clean, presentable and comfortable. Through looking presentable and feeling clean an individual’s self esteem and

Jagger came to me on little cat feet with a broken tail some 22 years ago. She was an always present, never annoying, tiny little thing. Her maximum weight reached only six pounds. Even as small as she was, Jagger took no guff from anyone, any dog or any cat. She even faced off with a couple of squirrels during her lifetime. She landed me in the hospital twice during two experiences when she was scared and bit me (once at the vet’s and once while I tried to carry her into my new home in Colorado after a 24 hour car trip). People told me I was nuts to keep her but I never even considered letting her go. She was with me through four moves (one out of state) two failed marriages and multiple

Owning a dog definitely has its ups and downs. These are some great examples of the downs. When we first saw Landis at the shelter we started petting

According to Sunshade's owner, every trip to the pet store ended with the dog intently watching the guinea pigs with whom she seemed to be obsessed. Knowing how much the dog adored them, she bought two females and brought them home.

The “Law of Disconsonate Energy” states that every charge you take in must be discharged. So now in current time we are fat, unhealthy, struggle in relationships, have money problems, pain and

Plus most dogs do not have enough space to get the right amount of exercise and thats very important to a dogs mental and physical health accoriding to ASPCA. Which could make a dog act out or get lonely & lack of excersise is partcially responsible for 2 million dogs that end up in shelters yearly.

As a culture, and on the average, we tend to fall into old social pressure habits. We try to make up for our lack of stamina by fighting our body 's stresses with too much caffeine, using herbal supplements, energy drinks, and often combine these with almost no physical activity. We fool ourselves into thinking there is a quick fix for our lack of go-power somewhere.

Looked at the socks, I couldn’t help to recall the memory between Jasmine and I. The first time I met Jasmine was from the pictures my host family sent to me before I came to America. In one of the pictures, there were 2 big dogs chasing each other around in the back yard. One was Jasmine a nine-year-old black lab-mix, the other one was Haley, a 12 years old dalmatian mix with black patterns on the white fur. I worried that if I could get along with the dogs because for the first sixteen years in my life there never was a dog around. In my mind, I stereotyped big dogs as an aggressive and fierce animal. However, once I met them, I started to seem them as the best dogs in the world.

He was a very shy animal he would spend most of his time sleeping in our dog bed. When he wasn’t sleeping my brother and I would be playing with him. As much as we wanted him to play fetch he didn’t understand the concept of bringing the stick back. My brother and I would even fight over who got to feed him. I swear his water dish was changed ten times a day. But as the time went on it became who had to feed him instead of who got to feed him.