Pinkvboots
Well-Known Member
I love riding and my horses but I suffer terribly with confidence and just general belief in myself which does hinder my progress.
I've been absolutely mentally crushed when horses get injured or sick. i think that's the time I've been the lowest in recent times.
and conversely, when they are going really well i feel very resilient to all the other crap that life throws at you.
the routine of having to get up and care for them is really good for me, it makes stuff like work pressures etc stay on a fairly even keel.
I don't know, I've been sad when other pets are unwell but with the horses there's an additional kind of fear or mourning about what you hoped to achieve together in the future, totally selfish but for instance when I've had a horse suffer a soft tissue injury there's the additional worry that what you were training for has just slipped through your fingers.Obviously, when horses are ill, that is stressful but I would argue that any pet being ill/injured brings the same level of stress and upset.
I don't know, I've been sad when other pets are unwell but with the horses there's an additional kind of fear or mourning about what you hoped to achieve together in the future, totally selfish but for instance when I've had a horse suffer a soft tissue injury there's the additional worry that what you were training for has just slipped through your fingers.
I don't have that with any other animals. I'm getting closer to some horsey bucket list things with my current competition horse and there's a lingering fear hanging over me that it could all be blown away by a mis-step in the field or whatever. she has a home for life obviously but the thought that 7 years of training towards a goal can be obliterated is additional heartbreak.
People talk about how being around horses is good for mental health but in terms of buying horses, riding horses, caring for horses, has your mental health ever affected any of this for better or for worse, or has anyone elses mental health suffered a lot because of your passion for horses
It's a journo fishing again, isn't it? Without any of the usual touchy feely preamble.You first.
Your question sounds like you are going to turn the answers into an article for sale to someone. It would be normal to offer a bit of yourself first, I think, if starting a thread like this.
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Your question sounds like you are going to turn the answers into an article for sale to someone. It would be normal to offer a bit of yourself first, I think, if starting a thread like this.
It's a journo fishing again, isn't it? Without any of the usual touchy feely preamble.
I didn't want to bother people with my own stuff but I think my first post on here https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/how-to-change-whats-wrong-with-me-rant.807216/ sums it up.
I'm sorry I didn't spot that, you certainly shared there.
I go totally doolally if I can't ride. Unfortunately it does have to be riding, just being with horses isn't enough. Though I would be even more doolally if I didn't own any horses.
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i had an eating disorder back in 2018 and horses helped me immensely
i knew that if i wanted to ride again, i’d need to be strong enough and to be strong enough, i needed to eat. they were my motivation for recovery and now my safe space when things feel like they’re getting dark again.