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anyways fuck all the people that led me to believe that i had to pay thousands of dollars for the dog that i literally got to help me with my disabilities to actually be counted as a service dog cause i just found out she already qualifies but now im having imposter syndrome
coming back to this tweet because its still awful, im still having my siblings tell me im lying, i still feel so guilty when i even think about bringing her places with me. but i can list at least five "tasks" she performs for me that mitigate my physical and mental disabilities
like, i planned for years to get a dog to help me. i picked a dog with physical attributes that i thought would help me. when one from the litter didnt seem to have a personality that would help me i switched. she behaves nearly perfectly in social settings.
the only exception is that when she can feel me getting uncomfortable around a specific person she will growl or bark and not allow them to get closer. and honestly, idk if that's "against the rules" but it makes me feel so much safer.
i've looked into training academies that specialize in "service animals" and pansy meets all of their graduation requirements. and yet it's the fact that i didnt pay someone else to do it that makes me feel so so awful :))))
and honestly im doing this thread because im scared and because for some reason i feel like i need to justify everything to someone.
im scared I'll make the world a worse place for disabled folks. even tho i could hardly walk today and i had to be around someone that makes-
im scared I'll make the world a worse place for disabled folks. even tho i could hardly walk today and i had to be around someone that makes-
me deeply uncomfortable, usually ending with self harming behaviors, that pansy keeps me from engaging in, that sometimes ends with dissociative and anxiety episodes, when pansy performs grounding behaviors,,, like all of that and im still afraid that none of it is true
