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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oliver was an extremely dashing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handsome, charming, and largely unstable male
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I completely lost my heart to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a Burmese Mountain Dog,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my ex-husband and I adopted him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about six months in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realized that he was a mess.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had such paralyzing separation anxiety
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we couldn't leave him alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once, he jumped out of our third floor apartment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He ate fabric. He ate things, recyclables.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hunted flies that didn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suffered from hallucinations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was diagnosed with a canine compulsive disorder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's really just the tip of the iceberg.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like with humans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it's six months in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you realize that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person that you love has some issues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of us do not take the person we're dating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the bar where we met them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or give them back to the friend that introduced us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sign them back up on Match.com.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love them anyway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we stick to it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what I did with my dog.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was a — I'd studied biology.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a Ph.D in the history of science
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from MIT,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had you asked me 10 years ago
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a dog I loved, or just dogs generally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had emotions, I would have said yes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not sure I would have told you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can also wind up with an anxiety disorder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a Prozac prescription and a therapist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I fell in love, and I realized that they can,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually trying to help my own dog
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overcome his panic and his anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cracked open my world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spent the last seven years, actually,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking into this topic of\Nmental illness in other animals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they be mentally ill like people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if so, what does it mean about us?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I discovered is that I do believe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can suffer from mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually looking and trying\Nto identify mental illness in them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often helps us be better friends to them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also can help us better understand ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's talk about diagnosis for a minute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us think that we can't know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what another animal is thinking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is true,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but any of you in relationships
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— at least this is my case —
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because you ask someone that you with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your parent or your child how they feel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean that they can tell you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may not have words to explain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is that they're feeling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they may not know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a pretty recent phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we feel that we have to talk to someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand their emotional distress.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the early 20th century,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physicians often diagnosed emotional distress
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their patients just by observation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also turns out that thinking about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental illness in other animals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't actually that much of a stress.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most mental disorders in the United States
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are fear and anxiety disorders,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you think about it, fear and anxiety
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually really extremely\Nhelpful animal emotions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually we feel fear and anxiety\Nin situations that are dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once we feel them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we then are motivated to move away
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from whatever is dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is when we begin to feel fear\Nand anxiety in situations that don't call for it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mood disorders, too, may actually just be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unfortunate downside of being a feeling animal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obsessive compulsive disorders also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are often manifestations of\Na really healthy animal thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is keeping yourself clean and groomed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tips into the territory of mental illness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you do things like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compulsively over-wash your hands or paws,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you develop a ritual that's so extreme
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't sit down to a bowl of food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you engage in that ritual.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for humans, we have "The\NDiagnostic and Statistical Manual"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is basically an atlas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the currently agreed upon mental disorders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other animals, we have YouTube.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just one search I did for "OCD dog"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I encourage all of you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at "OCD cat."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will be shocked by what you see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to show you just a couple examples.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an example of shadow-chasing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, and it's funny and in some ways it's cute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue, though, is that dogs\Ncan develop compulsions like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they then engage in all day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they won't go for a walk,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they won't hang out with their friends,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they won't eat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll develop fixations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like chasing their tails compulsively.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an example of a cat named Gizmo.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks like he's on a stakeout
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he does this for many, many, many hours a day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just sits there and he will paw and paw and paw
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the screen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is another example of what's considered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stereotypic behavior.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a sun bear at the\NOakland Zoo named Ting Ting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you just sort of happened upon this scene,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might think that Ting Ting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just playing with a stick,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Ting Ting does this all day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you pay close attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I showed you guys\Nthe full half-hour of this clip,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd see that he does the exact same thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the exact same order, and he spins the stick
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the exact same way every time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other super-common behaviors that you may see,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in captive animals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are pacing stereotypes or swaying stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually, humans do this too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in us, you know, we'll sway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll move from side to side.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us do this, and sometimes, you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an effort to soothe ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think in other animals\Nthat is often the case too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just stereotypic behaviors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that other animals engage in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Gigi. She's a gorilla that lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She actually has a Harvard psychiatrist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's been treated for a mood disorder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among other things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many animals develop mood disorders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of creatures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— this horse is just one example —
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop self-destructive behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll gnaw on things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do other things that may also soothe them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they're self-destructive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which could be considered similar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the ways that some humans cut themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plucking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out, if you have fur or feathers or skin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can pluck yourself compulsively,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some parrots actually have been studied
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to better understand [triplotomania?],\Nor compulsive plucking in humans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that affects
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 million Americans right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lab rats pluck themselves too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In them, it's called barbering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canine veterans of conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are coming back with what's\Nconsidered canine PTSD,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're having a hard time reentering civilian life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they come back from deployments.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be too scared to\Napproach men with beards
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to hop into cars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be careful and be clear though.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not think that canine PTSD
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same as human PTSD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also do not think that my PTSD
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like your PTSD,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that my anxiety or that my sadness is like yours.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also all have very different susceptibilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So two dogs, raised in the same household,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exposed to the very same things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one may develop, say, a\Ndebilitating fear of motorcycles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a phobia of the beep of the microwave,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another one is going to be just fine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one thing that people ask me pretty frequently:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this just an instance of humans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving other animals crazy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, is animal mental illness just\Na result of mistreatment or abuse?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out we're actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much more complicated than that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one great thing that has happened to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is recently I published a book on this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every day now that I open my email
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when I go to a reading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even when I go to a cocktail party,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people tell me their stories
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the animals that they have met.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And recently, I did a reading in California,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a woman raised her hand\Nafter the talk and she said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dr. Braitman, I think my cat has PTSD."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well, why? Tell me a little bit about it."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Ping is her cat. She was a rescue,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she used to live with an elderly man,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day the man was vacuuming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he suffered a heart attack, and he died.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A week later, Ping was discovered in the apartment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alongside the body of her owner,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the vacuum had been running the entire time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many months, up to I think\Ntwo years after that incident,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was so scared she couldn't be in\Nthe house when anyone was cleaning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was quite literally a scaredy cat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would hide in the closet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was un-self-confident, and shaky,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with the loving support of her family,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of a time, and their patience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, three years later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's actually a happy, confident cat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another story of trauma and\Nrecovery that I came across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in Thailand to do some research.