Cant stop thinking about all the animal cruelty in this worl

recently iv been really depressed about obsessing about all the animal cruelty and other evil things humans are cabable of. I wish I could save everything from the hell that he/she (person or animal, even tho we are animals?) is put through. Its been hard to be happy cause everytime I am getting happy I feel the pain and and the awful feeling in my stomach. Anyway I can get passed this?

mf0rtunato-

I very much feel for you- your concern is spot on. I am somewhat the same way, although not so compulsive about it. I will guess that this is a fairly recent phenomenon with you, and so it will diminish. Not (I hope) go away entirely, but it will be less overwhelming in time.

You may find yourself less of a sense of powerlessness if you take an active part in diminishing their suffering. If you are not already, become vegetarian. Even better, become vegan. Overall, a vegan diet is much healthier than a meat-based diet. However, particularly if you become vegan, you need to watch some things in your diet a bit. Female vegans (are you female?) need to be careful they get enough iron- a supplement might help, although there are a few good plant based sources of iron. Similarly with vitamins B-12 and D. I get the former with blue green algae and brewers yeast, and the latter by natural sunlight in the summer (how I wish I could walk around bare breasted like a man, and like women traditionally did in Polynesia, but, well, we can't). In the winter, I take a vitamin D2 supplement (D3 comes from wool).

You are not crazy- at least not because of this, lol. Animals in the factory farm live lives of hell, with every natural instinct frustrated. It is a shame against our civilization and our religions that cruelty to animals is tolerated. Most people do not know about it because they do not want to know. This site has some graphic video of the enormous cruelty behind the factory farm:

http://www.meat.og

and I hope every meat eater here will look at their videos. these sites are very informative about vegan/vege nutrition:

http://www.pcrm.org
http://www.vrg.org

Bless you for your concern, and please feel welcome to PM me if you would just like to discuss your concerns privately.

It's getting worse. I can't stop thinking about the animal testing and how cruel it is

I am going through this right now.. Hoping we can discuss?

I am having the same problem, have had it for several years now. In the last 2 days I have seen videos of the unspeakable cruelty that the Chinese have inflicted on dogs because of their precious "tradition". It wasn't so much the killing of the dogs necessarily but it was the delight and glee of those that did the torture and killing in front of others. These people are truly sick.

No, I don't ever want a dog (or any other animal) to be killed. It's just combining such death with delight in cruelty takes it up to a whole new level. And cruelty does not even begin to describe what I saw. How can thousands upon thousands of people delight in such horror???

I cannot get images out of my mind about how these animals were killed, slaughtered, etc. I cannot begin to imagine it. My heart is breaking, My soul is an open festering wound of tears. I have 5 dogs of my own and love them so much it hurts. I worry constantly about them because they need more training.

I plan on going vegetarian and hopefully vegan but I'm so busy with school and work that I don't have the time to put into it. And without serious planning I eat on the fly and eat whatever I can find...and then feel guilty, and then think of all the horrors I've seen about factory farming and cry.

Maybe it is an obsessive thing. I have never been told I have OCD but I seem to want to punish myself for all of what others are doing to these poor creatures. I think back to dogs we had in the past, when I was just a child and didn't know any better, and I realize now that 1 of them was an abused Shepherd and was chained outside, with no attention at all. And then my dad returned him 3 weeks later. He wasn't gotten for me but for my brother, but I remember going out to see him occasionally and feeling bad that he was out there all alone. I cry right now just thinking about it. he was likely put down at the shelter where he was returned. And they were using gas chambers at that time. My heart so goes out to him and all the others that are hurt, abused, tortured, starved, neglected, abandoned by the people they love and trust the most.

I do watch rescue videos and read their stories and it helps, but even those stories break my heart because if people were not so unspeakably cruel, rescue would not be necessary.

How do I get past this? I feel that to truly honor animals, it is my obligation to know what is going on. I certainly knew nothing of the Asian dog meat trade. Or the fur trade. I knew about abuses in factory farming but the whole companion animal torture just devastates me beyond my ability to rise above it.

Someone please help me. The depression and anxiety this is causing is affecting my entire life. I am trying anti-depressants again, but nothing is helping.

My husband does not want our dogs. And I am trapped here because I don't make enough money to be on my own, and need to finish school so that I can get a better job and find my own place if necessary, and take them with me.

I am sorry for all of you who suffer these thoughts' child abuse and animal abuse are the most awful thing I can think of.

In the past I was crippled by these thoughts. One day I realized that I wasn't doing much good to stop these things by torturing myself. I felt like a knight who was angered by what was happening in the next village, but instead of going there to help the outrage I stayed at home because I was too upset.

Some of us suffer depression and anxiety that stop us from helping much. This is something that goes beyond just thoughts of one thing or another, so I am not saying it is easy to get up and start helping out.

But it did me a world of good when I finally found the strength to do something. I volunteer in many place now, one of them my local shelter.

There is no way you can save the world from the many evils in it, but even in a small way you can turn the tide of despair, with even the littlest effort.

I'm not sure how much OCD there is in this thread. I have suffered OCD all my life, but my awful thoughts about suffering children and animals don't really figure into it.

If you feel that this is out of control, seek help.

Otter.

Hi i'm sorry you're suffering and i've been there too. its like one of my million kind of ocd.. but i realize i still suffer these thought even without OCD. you already had some good advice here. so i just hope you will feel better soon. and i'm sure you will pass this.

Hi.i hate to say it's a relief but reading your post makes me feel less I'm alone in my thoughts.my obsession with not only my love of animals but utter horror knowing they are abused and hurt by humans some days makes me think I want out of this vile world.the pain I feel for animals on a daily basis hurts my heart and head some days I wish I would just not wake up.i am married nice job great family nice life.but the pain I feel every day is unbearable.seeing birds and foxes dead in motorways every single day.people don't care.these beautiful animals are left to rot no one seems to care.i can't take much more if knowing there isn't much I can do.i hate humans

Hi, I would just like to agree with Bunnygirl about how she feels about animals as I also feel the same. At some point every day I will hear a sad story about an animal and get upset. Just thinking about what goes on, especially at the Yulin meat festival in China to those poor, helpless, beautiful dogs and cats, I could scream!! I get such bad anxiety over it I end up in tears at work, home, anywhere. In fact I am suffering really bad depression over it. I feel so helpless and feel no one I know understands and just think I am over reacting. I WANT TO HELP THOSE ANIMALS, BUT I CAN'T!! I also hate MOST humans as they have no heart, they are unfeeling, arrogant, cruel, evil people. I know that Ricky Gervais, Simon Cowell and many other famous people have tried to stop it, but it still carries on. Animals all over the world, not just China are mistreated. They are living, breathing creatures just like us and people just don't give a damn!!

I have these moments every few weeks. The thing that triggered me was this website trying to sell pins using this video of a dog being beaten and Im just traumatized by it. I wanna go find the dog and bring it home I dont know what to do. Ive just been down this hole and going through every animal abuse article and I feel like crap and Im crying constantly. Ive been trying to smoke weed to cope with it but then I feel even worse and even more depressed. I dont know what to do I feel like I dont wanna live in this world anymore.. I thought maybe in my religion (islam) that the animals may go to heaven but even in my religion theyre meant to turn to dust. Theres nothing protecting animals. No laws nothing and im freaking out. If my sentences arent coherent Its because im really panicky as im writing this. I just wanted to get it out. Maybe posting in a forum will make me feel better. This world is maddening. I dont wanna live anymore.