Aet1985 wrote:
in private I am quick to cry uncontrollably, can't catch my breath, letting out small cries of emotional pain, everything I have been through flashes through my mind as well, I hold my dog to calm down, it scares me to be honest because at 37 emotionally I feel behind at times or sort of ''paralyzed'' mentally, feeling relationships and the world we are in very deeply
You may just be a very sensitive person who doesn't have mental illness.
It is good that you have your dog to calm you down.