
Help raise money for service dog training
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My name is Faustina. I don’t like asking for this sort of thing but at this point I didn’t know what else to do, and my therapist recommended this. I’ve been struggling immensely for as long as I can remember with all sorts of mental issues and general life stresses, leading to nightly anxiety attacks and frequent panic attacks. Suicidal ideations are prominent in my life, and self harming behaviors have always been with me. I’ve also had a history of collapsing out of nowhere for whatever reason, and in January I went to the hospital and had to stay there for ten days just to get some things set straight with whatever’s going on with me.
I’m currently still living with my parents as I am still a teenager, but they’re financially struggling as it is and I don’t want to take more than I have to from them; so my therapist recommended I come here for help. Even if you can’t donate anything, it would still mean the world if you would share this just for some slither of hope: a service dog would help me greatly in social situations, help alert me if I’m about to collapse, and remind me to take my much needed medications. It would mean everything if I could get some help with this, I really don’t know what else to do at this point.
I know how much I’m asking for is a lot, but a service animal is incredibly expensive. For the obedience training, being raised properly, staying at facilities; there are so many factors that go into this, so honestly I’m not sure what I’m asking for will even be enough. A fully trained service animal can cost $60,000; it is much less expensive to train your own, but it’s still a lot of money I don’t have.
Anyway, thanks for reading this far; it would mean so much if you could help in any possible way, whether it be sharing my story or donating. Anything helps.
Thank you for your time <3
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Faustina xxx
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Front Royal, VA