Ball pythons as antidepressants

I know it takes courage for you to share these parts of your life, but know that you have plenty of support through this site. Thank you for sharing with us, and I am so happy that your snake can bring you such peace! I will hold you in my prayers. The road is hard, but worth it, and sounds like you have a buddy to share it with.

Thank you all for the supportive words, they made me tear up quite a bit while I was reading them. It was also really wonderful to hear all of your stories as well <3

I love this! I suffered from depression in my younger years before I had someone / something else to take care of. Having something else there to focus on really does help. Now when I'm bored I find it enjoyable and rewarding to just clean snake cages. :oops:

I struggle to understand life the way others do, and having my ball python Marshall is really helpful. When I feel overwhelmed I take him out and watching how he moves, his sideways tongue flicks, and feeling his skin really helps to calm me down. He is just so simple, and its something I can understand.


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Thank you all for the supportive words, they made me tear up quite a bit while I was reading them. It was also really wonderful to hear all of your stories as well <3

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Herp lovers stick together! If you're ever in need of help, feel free to reach out to us.

Thank you for sharing! I too struggle with depression, have since high school (26 now) and I feel the best anti depressants are my animals. Taking care of them makes me feel useful and important and I enjoy having so many wonderful creatures relying on me for everything. Which is probably why we're at:

2 cats
1 dog
5 rabbits
1 chinchilla
2 hamsters
1 bearded dragon
1 parrotlet
5 ball pythons



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This is a very helpful and meaningful thread. Thanks for sharing all.