Cute Ways Your Pets Actually Take Care Of You

Keeps You Young

Between all the responsibilities of adulthood, the bills to pay, meetings to attend, the meals to prepare and relationships to maintain, pets help keep you young because they remind you of how to play and that play is good. Dogs love to play fetch, wrestle, bark cheerfully to get your attention or run around in circles chasing after their own tails. When you play with your dog, you can remember what it feels like to be a kid again without a care in the world, just existing to explore the world and have fun. Cognitively-speaking, adults that make time for play display more creativity and imagination, and consequently improve their problem-solving skills.

Ground You In The Present

As people get older, they can develop a tendency to sometimes focus on the past to the exclusion of the present moment. Or sometimes focus on the future to the exclusion of the here-and-now. The point is that people can have a complicated relationship with time. However, in terms of mental health, many therapies focus on the present situation and there are good reasons for it. The past is gone and the future has yet to arise. It is the present that needs to be handled with care. It is a fact that your pet can help ground you in the present moment. Pets help distract your unproductive thoughts with their cuteness and entertaining antics and drag you away from your brooding thoughts and unproductive fantasy world.