Why Do Pets Help Us Feel Better?

 Why do pets make us feel so good? For those of you who enjoy pets, you probably noticed that you could be in a snarly mood or on a phone call or things are going tough and then your cat or dog comes nearby and you start to give attention to them and what happens? Pretty quickly, you feel better. Well, there are two factors at play there. First of all, life is ruled by what gets attention, period, end of story.



And sustained attention in a lousy area will make us feel lousy and sustained attention in something positive brings more positive feelings. So if we’re hooked on something that’s not too serious, right, and our animal comes along, our cat or dog, and we start to give it attention, A, it pulls our attention away from the unwanted, the thing that’s making us feel lousy. Secondly, we have a history of feeling good with a pet. So our state increases pretty quickly. So my encouragement, when you feel lousy,

Always reach out and pet your animal. You’ll feel better!




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