resolves the loneliness in life, someone suggested that you should keep a pet! Because there is a saying that the company of pets can relieve loneliness. It is also said that pets only use their cuteness to divert the owner's attention, and the problem of loneliness has not been solved. Recently, "Can keeping pets really relieve loneliness" has caused many netizens to watch. Is there any scientific basis for this? Come and hear what the pet owners and psychologists say.
Zhou Wei, a national secondary psychological counselor in China and vice president of the Nanjing Pet Industry Research Institute, adopted a stray dog: "The puppy is called Jingjing. It was raised in 2012. It is actually a stray dog in our community." Jingjing ran away from the hospital when she was sterilizing Jingjing. Zhou Wei and his family looked for it for a week and found it. "So I felt a little sorry for it at the time, and I also felt very destined for it. I gritted my teeth and adopted it by myself, and I have kept it until now."
"Shit-shoveling officer" voice: not only a pet dog but also a spiritual companion dog
Lucky Jingjing met a caring owner and found a home that she can rely on for a lifetime. Because of the shepherd pedigree, after training, her obedience is particularly good. Last year, in order to take care of their mother-in-law who lived alone, Zhou Wei and his wife brought Jingjing to live with the elderly. Jingjing has also been promoted from a pet dog to a "accompaniment dog".
Zhou Wei’s mother-in-law Li Xiangyuan said: “If there is no such thing, there will only be three adults. The two of them go to work and leave. I am at home alone. Of course, it is better to have Jingjing. It can accompany you and act like a baby in front of you. "Grandma Li's hearing is not very good. If a stranger comes, Jingjing will yell at the door twice, "Afraid that I can't hear it, she will call me in the house." According to estimates, the average life span of a dog is about In 12 years, 10-year-old Jingjing is already very old, so Grandma Li takes good care of her. After getting along for a long time, pets make the elderly feel lonely no longer.
The voice of the "poop shovel officer": walks and exercises are more frequent, and the circle of friends has expanded. The
regular team is in their fifties. The family has adopted two Chinese rural dogs and cats, and the daughter who lives nearby often brings her own. The pet came to visit his father. "It's great fun, so I don't need to say exercise." Uncle Chang often felt very lonely at home when he didn't raise a dog. "Either watch TV or play on the mobile phone. Since raising this dog, his children are not at home. At the time, I teased them to play, went downstairs and walked around, there were so many dogs walking and chatting together, so I wouldn’t be lonely anymore."
In the view of Team Chang, pets bring him more than just The spiritual fulfillment and healthy life also helped him broaden his circle of friends.
Regarding "Can keeping pets alleviate loneliness", Zhou Wei explained: "In this process of our lives, if you pay more emotions to others, you will also get more emotions, so from this perspective No matter if you form a family, keep pets, or make more friends, you will have more horizontal social connections, which will naturally relieve some people’s inner loneliness.” In Zhou Wei’s view, this is more than just It is wishful thinking that there is an animal that can accompany us, "Judging from common sense, or from scientific research, we can find that keeping pets does increase the process of interaction between humans and others." Through more contact with others, we are lonely. Feeling relief may be helpful.
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In foreign countries, pets are even used to assist disease treatment and help restore the mental state of patients. "Like in Japan, it is more common to give trained assistance dogs to children who are seriously ill in children's hospitals. They have good obedience and affinity, and provide psychological comfort to children. They even help some advanced cancer patients. This application is quite numerous.” In addition, working dogs such as guide dogs are no longer just regarded as extensions of the physical functions of the disabled. They also play a role in giving their owners spiritual comfort and helping them reintegrate into society. obvious.
Do not raise blindly: here are 10 questions, please consider carefully!
For those who have the idea of keeping pets, experts also remind them not to be blind. "The first is economic considerations, because we now have a lot of statistics on the per capita spending on the domestic pet market is increasing.The second is not to raise them blindly. For example, huskies have a relatively large amount of activity and require a large space. Not many people can meet the breeding conditions. After raising, it is found that people and dogs are also suffering. "In short, we need to understand the animals we want to raise before raising animals, and compare them with our own real living environment to see if they can match.
In addition, experts remind us to pay attention to hygiene in the process of raising pets. The problem, especially to prevent some zoonotic diseases, including parasites, etc., must be vaccinated regularly and keep pets clean.
If you want to keep pets, you might as well think about these 10 questions seriously.
1, our residence Are the conditions suitable for pets?
2, have you considered the financial burden of pets?
3, are family members welcome it?
4, are you allergic to animals?
5, have you ever thought about keeping pets responsible for more than ten years Z1z
6. Are you mentally prepared to take care of elderly pets?
7. Do you have the energy, physical strength and time to take care of pets?
8. Do you have the patience to develop good pet habit and do not trouble others?
9. Moving and transferring, can you continue to carry it?
10. If you really can’t keep it, can you arrange the future for it?
(Source: Jiangsu Radio and Television Media News Center/Editor Wang Xuetong/Guozheng)
