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Why I Keep Fighting for my Dogs

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Why I Keep Fighting for my Dogs

This is my story of living with undiagnosed autism and ADHD in a world that overwhelmed and misunderstood me, where my dogs were my source of safety. After profound grief, burnout, and relational trauma pushed me to the edge of collapse and suicidal despair, my dogs were taken from me. Somehow I am seen as the bad guy, but I will not be silenced.