31 Perfect Pets Who Made Their Humans’ Lives So Much Better

    "He's the reason I get out of bed. Why I take my meds. Why I stay alive."

    We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the impact their pets have had on their mental health.

    Obviously, pets can't cure mental illness, but they can play a part in treatment, provide love and support, and make their owners' lives better. Here are just some of the perfect animals that are making a huge difference in their humans' lives.

    1. "On my low-mood days, she's happy to cuddle with me in bed or on the couch until I feel more human."

    2. "She has taught me that life is better than my mental illnesses tell me and that I am to keep fighting."

    3. "With Caly's help, I found the effectiveness of being self-aware and returned to therapy."

    4. "I'm​ a disabled veteran suffering from PTSD and they continually provide me with comfort and love, easing my anxiety and panic attacks with their cuddles and kisses."

    5. "I swear I can feel my blood pressure drop when I hold him, and when I talk to him I know he's listening."

    6. "As the question goes, who rescued who? In this case the answer is obvious."

    7. "He reminds me that there's more to life than fading my feelings away with drugs."

    8. "It can be hard to find people that you feel like you can be absolutely yourself around, particularly when you're as anxious as I am, but with dogs it just comes naturally."

    9. "Together we help each other overcome our insecurities. Aang is a constant reminder to always stay strong and never give up."

    10. "I have spent many times sitting in my room crying, but Loki always comes and sits by my side and licks my tears (and snot) away."

    11. "This 80-pound lover will lay right on top of me when he can tell I'm having a really bad day."

    12. "Knowing that they need food reminded me that I did too."

    13. "After having not left the house for almost a month, my mom showed me a picture of the cutest little black kitten at the local humane society. The only catch was I had to go with her to get it."

    14. "My amazing dogs listen to me when I rant, comfort me when I'm anxious or scared, and love me relentlessly."

    15. "Every night I'd cry myself to sleep and it would only ease up when my kitty Bellatrix would cuddle next to me."

    16. "My ferret Happy likes to sleep nearby and he helps me be less anxious when I'm studying."

    17. "She’s helped me reach some sort of routine that felt impossible before, and her care is so helpful in getting me to take care of myself too."

    18. "I had no time to be in my head as I put all my focus on the dogs. And suddenly, they were healthy and happy, and so was I."

    19. "On my worst days, he's been the reason I keep going."

    20. "There isn't a day that when I see him my heart doesn't fill with joy."

    21. "It's like he knew I was broken-hearted and feeling incomplete."

    22. "She never leaves my side when I spend all day in bed due to depression."

    23. "I got a tattoo to remind me that no matter how much I mess up or how sad I am, Holly still loves me."

    24. "I get a sense of calm when he's around, and its fun to see peoples reactions when I tell them I adopted a hedgehog."

    25. "It was so uplifting to raise him from a skinny, sick shelter kitty to the 10-pound floof he has become."

    26. "She kept me from hurting myself that night."

    27. "When I get really bad panic attacks he licks my face and lays on my bed with me."

    28. "There have been times lately that I have been so consumed by stress and sadness that I've very seriously contemplated packing a bag, hopping in my car, and running away from my problems, and the one thing that keeps me grounded is knowing that this little guy depends on me."

    29. "My whole family still remembers this moment, when he came and actually hugged me one day while I was sobbing on the couch."

    30. "He understood that crying meant that I needed to be consoled, so he would start crying too and putting his paw on top of my hand."

    31. "He's the reason I get out of bed. Why I take my meds. Why I stay alive."

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