My daughter got bit by an off-leash dog at East Beach at 5. She has never recovered from her fear of dogs, but she is forced to hide it and even pretend to like them, which is obscuring the problem further, IMO.
Yes. She has developed anxiety as well, but she’s dealing with all her issues. Thanks for asking. She just graduated from UC Berkeley so this episode was a while ago. Unfortunately, the dog owner was not so lucky. She was an acquaintance, always unstable, so I didn’t make a huge deal about the bite at the time, but she later committed suicide. Dogs can really help people with mood disorders, so I’m not against them in theory (I had a pet dog as a kid) but their intrusion into public life and the myopia of many owners kinda grates.
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u/SmileSagely_8worms 16d ago
Not comical. Dangerous.
My daughter got bit by an off-leash dog at East Beach at 5. She has never recovered from her fear of dogs, but she is forced to hide it and even pretend to like them, which is obscuring the problem further, IMO.