To add to something that helps me and my husband get up in the morning and staring at the same four walls everyday most of the time was the decision to get a good dog. I have been seeing a therapist and a psychologist for years because of my husband who has PTSD really bad for the past 14 years. he had to endure many many years of black operations that he can't even speak of. When he doesn't sleep I don't sleep. It's even gotten to the point where I feel like they should diagnose me with a secondary exposure of PTSD but I know there's no such thing. I have read tons of responses from people that can't get out of bed every morning and stare at four Walls everyday. and maybe even sometimes not shower for up to five to seven days. And their family one by one disappears over time and then that person is left alone. Im not a doctor but living with someone and being someone myself with depression and mental instability I can say one thing that is true. A pill does not fix everything. Most of the time talking to a person even when you think you know him does not fix everything because they're not there all the time. But what I do know that I do not hear many people talk about getting pets. Pets always love us, always greet us with a smile never giving us grief or judgment. I do realize that dogs are expensive and a lot of work but as a human being we know it's worth it because it's out of the house it makes us meet new people. It helps put the light back in our lives. But at the same time they make us laugh, they give us a shoulder to cry on, they get us out of the house, and even sometimes they bring us to others. I know it's not always a simple answer...but I think it needs to be mention more on this website. Anywhere from pain, depression, weight gain, pretty much you name it. It's actually be proven pets help us live longer. Everyone today wants a quick fix or pill. But what I have learned from being married to my husband for 14 years and he is in pain 24/7 and barely sleeps or leaves the house. he got off of all the bad pain medicine over a year ago that the VA put him on. And now he's doing more herbal therapies and when we got a dog it changed everything. His pain levels are still very very high but I can see a difference his attitude and overall well-being and spending more and more time with his family. Thank you for listening and hopefully people will read this.