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How to love a rescue animal without projecting trauma

I rescued a dog from a shelter and now I'm obsessed with giving him the perfect life to make up for whatever happened before, but I think my anxiety is making him anxious too.

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Compassion becomes complicated when it carries the weight of imagined suffering.

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