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cowzy
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08 Aug 2014, 5:31 pm

I have HFA and like my animals more then people. Is this normal?



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08 Aug 2014, 6:13 pm

It is to me.


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08 Aug 2014, 6:45 pm

I like some animals very much (my pet dog) but I also like some people very much.


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08 Aug 2014, 6:45 pm

I like some animals very much (my pet dog) but I also like some people very much.


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08 Aug 2014, 6:49 pm

:lol: I once said to a fellow colleague,

"When it comes to humans, i only trust my dogs"



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08 Aug 2014, 6:49 pm

I like people, as long as I don't have to be around them much. :lol:



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08 Aug 2014, 8:05 pm

I like animals much better.



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08 Aug 2014, 8:07 pm

I have a love/hate relationship with humanity.



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08 Aug 2014, 8:08 pm

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08 Aug 2014, 8:09 pm

Welcome to WP Cowzy. I like people very much. I just have trouble when I am around them all the time. There are only less than half a handful of people that I can really be around and be completely uninhibited. So as long as it's in relatively short spurts, I really do like people and being around them. I love being around animals though. I really do, I feel very relaxed with them, especially cats and horses.


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08 Aug 2014, 8:16 pm

I think it's normal, I like my cat very much! I love to spend time with her.

I like people who are kind of quiet , I'm not comfortable with ones who talk much.
Sometimes it's fun to spend time with people, we need that, it's healthy.

But if I had to choose, I think it will be my pet :P :D


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08 Aug 2014, 8:31 pm

The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.


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08 Aug 2014, 8:39 pm

Animals are much easier to understand, they don't judge you the way humans do, they don't care about your appearance, your age, your occupation, race, gender, sexuality or religion, and they love you unconditionally. I have loved cats ever since I was a little kid and admired them for their beauty, their gracefulness, their independent nature in a world where being social is pushed on humans all the time. Not that cats are as cold and aloof as the non-cat people like to think. I have a cat who loves being cuddled and petted and has no fear of strangers. Which is pretty amazing since he was abandoned behind the mall when he was still a kitten in the dead of winter and I ended up bringing him home.

My dad really likes cats too so maybe that's where I got it, but he can't have one because my mom is allergic.



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08 Aug 2014, 8:42 pm

I'm really close to my parents and other family members, but it seems there are an awful lot of other people in the world who just want to make me angry, depressed, and miserable. That's when animals rule and humans drool.



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08 Aug 2014, 8:48 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
Animals are much easier to understand, they don't judge you the way humans do, they don't care about your appearance, your age, your occupation, race, gender, sexuality or religion, and they love you unconditionally. I have loved cats ever since I was a little kid and admired them for their beauty, their gracefulness, their independent nature in a world where being social is pushed on humans all the time. Not that cats are as cold and aloof as the non-cat people like to think. I have a cat who loves being cuddled and petted and has no fear of strangers. Which is pretty amazing since he was abandoned behind the mall when he was still a kitten in the dead of winter and I ended up bringing him home.

My dad really likes cats too so maybe that's where I got it, but he can't have one because my mom is allergic.

I raised hundreds of gerbils when I was a tween, teen, and in college. I was even able to teach one to give me his sunflower seeds as he shelled them. Proof of gerbil love; they wouldn't go through all that work for just anybody. Hehe.


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08 Aug 2014, 8:59 pm

am unable to see humans as anything other than the same worth and object, and dont like them in that sense,am unable to relate to them and have no connection to them at all.
as a five year old,was unable to even mentaly or visualy process humans,the only thing that made sense in visual input were cats,as that is when dad brought our first cat home.
had developed a profound bond and connection from the off with cats,chickens and horses when first started riding at ten,was put on the ponies and horses that spooked and galloped off when anyone else was on their back but with self they were always extremely calm.
have never had human friends before but the best ever friend of mine will always be a chicken called tito,he was a proud light sussex cockerel,had bred him in an incubator and he grew up in bedroom,he was like a baby to self,he was only three years old when last year he and three other hand reared birds of mine was kidnapped from the last residential home was at,am still greatly affected by it and think about him every day.

animals reduce a lot of challenging behaviors of mine when around them, they are great autism therapy.


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