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Member Since Aug 2019
Location: washington state
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I would like someone to set me straight I feel i cant with the thoughts that I feel about my companion dog. I already feel so guilty for things about the situation I have put myself and him. My emotional thoughts bother me about all this guilt. I already feel bad for leaving him to go to work. Then these thoughts like i have screwed up my life as well he is part of it. I have other thoughts I am going to do other things in my head, because I am not happy the way things are in my life. I oversleep and this makes it so he has to wait to go potty. Which also makes me feel guilty. I also have thoughts that I am trying to distance myself in ways. I hate having these thoughts. Please console me
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Have you considered doing something to help your doggie while you are at work, such as doggie day care or a walker or going to doggie school for a little while? The oversleeping thing is pretty easy to solve, really. Get yourself a backup alarm and a backup to the backup. It's easily solved.
What else is all this guilt really about? Lots of dogs' owners go to work and do just fine. Why should yours be any different? __________________ When I was a kid, my parents moved a lot, but I always found them--Rodney Dangerfield |
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Can you be more specific? For example, do you have intrusive thoughts happening?
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Location: Arizona
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Maybe it is best not to have a dog. Pets are a responsibility. At this time in your life, an extra responsibility may not be wise for you.
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Bicyclist he has a place to stay while I am at work which is good for him, he is with other dogs. Which I am grateful for. Thunderbox I am the only person he is closest to. It's not good give a dog that is a rescue. It's more about how thoughts that bother me. My dog is an innocent victim in this. Basically I'm feeling irresponsible about life. The depression anxiety is making it hard which a big part of me being able to work so I seem to tell myself i have serious self esteem issues due to things i also feel so much shame guilt about. It's really overwhelming. With all of this pressure it weighs on me. I struggle to feel strong to hold to my life together and do things to keep it together. Like I have lost so much lust joy for life. My dog keeps me going thank God. But when I tried to end it all. He was by my side which is part of it. I am so down on myself in aspects of my life I keep struggling to do my job which I struggle to keep it together at work. Which is why I feel guilty for dragging my little buddy into all of it. I have more info in some of my other posts thanks for responses.
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