04-02-2018, 03:09 PM
You guys mean well but I think I know what he means. At least, if I do some massive projecting to fill in the blanks I don't know about his life. His brain is still dealing with the situation like an acute trauma. In that situation, I had an animal and still couldn't stop thinking about suicide every day. It's only after my brain started to rewire to accept the situation chronically that I could truly appreciate the value of having a companion like that and that it made a huge a difference. So if it were logistically possible for him (kinda doubt it) he could visit a shelter or something but I wouldn't tell him to get a dog at this point in time.