pets
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The Effects of Rats on Mental Health: A Very Scientific Article
For me, my rats have been a tremendous source of joy and purpose at times when I didn’t feel I had anything else. They made it onto every self-soothe list I’ve ever created in my years of DBT therapy. Pet a rat. Play with my rats. If not home, look at photos of my rats.… Continue reading
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Oreo: Saved by a Rat
“Hey, can you take a baby rat?” I looked at the Petland employee. “Someone left a bunch of orphaned babies outside, there’s only one left, take it and it might live, otherwise it’s either snake food or will die without a mom.” I thought for a second. He let me hold her. She was the… Continue reading
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The Adventure Begins
Good things take time. I left New York in September of 2022 with a roundtrip ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand. 30 days, I told myself, I can do 30 days. 2 weeks before I left, I had a full-on nervous breakdown in the back of my boss’s car late one night. What am I doing?? Continue reading
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