Personal Narrative: My Life As A Therapy Dog

A lot of people with mental and physical disabilities use therapy dogs to help them with their daily living activities. I use a therapy dog because I suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD; thus, having a therapy dog is very helpful with my emotional support. Another good thing to have is a good set of people that you can go to. I have my grandparents that who also help me every day as. I have an 11-month-old Pitbull mix puppy named Akira, who helps me with my emotional support. Although she isn’t a licensed therapy dog, still helps me. I also living at home with people that you can vent, talk or need someone to tell you that they are very proud of everything that you have done in life is very important, therefore; I live at home with my grandparents because they help me as well. Akira helps me with a lot of things like my depression, anxiety and keeping me out of trouble. I struggle with getting up in the morning and wanting to sleep all the time, so she recognizes the sound of my alarm clock, So, when it goes off she’s ready to lick my face until I get up and out of bed. I also have bad …show more content…
Having depression or PTSD anything can set me back and into an anxiety attack, for example, I was at work one day and some co-workers got into a physical fight in the break room watching them fight, brought back some bad memories of my parents fighting for example when my dad pushed my mom through a glass door. Since the day I got Akira I haven’t had an anxiety attack, and I haven’t had as many thoughts of suicide, she keeps me alive. Telling me she needs to go outside and run a hundred miles per hour like a crazy thing or tell me she needs to eat or play with her millions of toys. Akira keeps me going and when I need a hug or a kiss she’s ready to give me