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So, I've been thinking about having my dog become an ESA. I've done some reading on them and know what they can do and such. I know that you need a letter from a mental health doctor over just registering them.
I have never been to a doctor about my mental health. I tend to keep just how bad it is a secret out of fear. I tend to not sleep at night, staying up until 4 am just so that I have a lesser chance of having an 'attack'. For me, an attack is shaking really badly, crying, and being absolutely terrified. If I'm not absolutely exhausted when I go to bed, I'm afraid of having one of these attacks. So I stay up until I feel I'm extremely exhausted and then go to bed. This leads to me sleeping in to 10 am to past 12 pm.
I've had similar things happen to me during the day when I still went to school. My body would shake, as would my voice, my chest would tighten to the point it was hard to breathe. But I always thought I was just afraid of presenting things in front of the class. Maybe that's still all it is. All I know is that they're very similar.
I've done reading about what I think it could be but I have never been taught ANYTHING about mental health so I'm practically going blind here. What I know is what I've read online and what I've been told by my sister. So I never know how accurate it is.
I have had other problems, though I think this is the more serious of them all. It hasn't happened too often. The first time it happened terrified me so much that I haven't been sleeping properly since, staying up late as I mentioned before. Since then I've been extremely careful to make sure it never happened again. The one night that I didn't exhaust myself was the same night that it happened for the second time.
So... would this qualify me for an ESA or something else? Is it actually nothing serious and I'm just over reacting somehow? Any information you guys could give would be extremely helpful.
I have never been to a doctor about my mental health. I tend to keep just how bad it is a secret out of fear. I tend to not sleep at night, staying up until 4 am just so that I have a lesser chance of having an 'attack'. For me, an attack is shaking really badly, crying, and being absolutely terrified. If I'm not absolutely exhausted when I go to bed, I'm afraid of having one of these attacks. So I stay up until I feel I'm extremely exhausted and then go to bed. This leads to me sleeping in to 10 am to past 12 pm.
I've had similar things happen to me during the day when I still went to school. My body would shake, as would my voice, my chest would tighten to the point it was hard to breathe. But I always thought I was just afraid of presenting things in front of the class. Maybe that's still all it is. All I know is that they're very similar.
I've done reading about what I think it could be but I have never been taught ANYTHING about mental health so I'm practically going blind here. What I know is what I've read online and what I've been told by my sister. So I never know how accurate it is.
I have had other problems, though I think this is the more serious of them all. It hasn't happened too often. The first time it happened terrified me so much that I haven't been sleeping properly since, staying up late as I mentioned before. Since then I've been extremely careful to make sure it never happened again. The one night that I didn't exhaust myself was the same night that it happened for the second time.
So... would this qualify me for an ESA or something else? Is it actually nothing serious and I'm just over reacting somehow? Any information you guys could give would be extremely helpful.