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My lifes a mess (and I'm training my dog to be a service dog)

Hey, everyone. Thought I'd come back to writing this because I wanted to update everyone.

Two things before anyone jumps down my throat: One, yes, I am disabled. I'd rather not list my disabilities but there are a lot and I'm wall aware that "you have to be disabled to have a service dog." Two, please note that not all disabilities are visible. I am not blind, deaf or in a wheelchair.

I have a few professionally diagnosed mental health problems such as anxiety or PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) from simple things like college to hard hitting stressors like that time I watched someone I was close to die (which is a story for another time. If you guys are curious about that, comment and I'll share the story, talking about it sends me into an episode but writing it out is okay.)

Combine that with multiple other professionall diagnosed disorders, and you get someone who is messed up and kind of damaged. And my parents are cutting me off financially so I need to keep my job that I was ready to give up yesterday and that gives me anxiety.

(Please note: I write the things that are important to know about getting a service or ESA dog or that you absolutely need to know like this. I am not sneering. I didnt want to SCREAM IT.)

You have to have a disability that impairs you from living normally to have a service dog, or to even be considered. I'd rather not share exactly what is wrong with me for the whole internet.

Not all disabilities can be seen, not all disabilities are obvious.

I told my family I had (learning disability) and they were all surprised.

I told my mom I want to get Zelda (my dog) trained as a service dog and she laughed. Then she did her research and told me shes fine with getting her training as long as I pay for it (which my dad jumped in and said was unfair and agreed to pay for the training if I pay for any supplies I need) and if my therapist agrees that I would benefit from a service dog (at least an ESA) esa = emotional support animal.

Thanks for reading.

Let me know if I'm missing any information. I'm relatively new to exploring these options so I need all the help I can have.