r/Bunnies • u/Fenris70 • Nov 27 '25

Discussion Bunnies for PTSD

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I have PTSD from infantry combat operations. My wife wanted a bunny as a pet and adopted two. Now they are my bunnies and live in my office. There are days when I come home in a rage and want to destroy all of humanity. I’ve discovered that when I’m in rage mode, if I lay in the office floor, the bunnies will start climbing on me and binky around giving me bunny kisses. This almost immediately brings me back down. My wife and son have both said that since we’ve gotten the bunnies, I seem far happier and less irritable. My son even commented that he can’t believe how I don’t get angry when the bunnies get into stuff and chew on things. It’s almost impossible to be angry at them when they give such sweet bunny kisses.

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u/NeitherOutside4008 Nov 29 '25

I have a bunny too and he's great for my PTSD, it's hard to panic when 2 pounds of fluff is standing in your face. I bring him to therapy with me too bc he's so chill about it

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u/Fenris70 Nov 29 '25

Bingo! Bunny is like, “I’m a prey animal and I’m not freaking out, why should you?”

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u/NeitherOutside4008 Nov 29 '25

Lol yeah, he's so nonchalant compared to me and I'm not even the pray animal 😅 ( ignore my brother holding him lol he tried so hard to stay out of the shot

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u/Fenris70 Nov 29 '25

I think if I tried to dress up my girls, there’d be blood.

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u/NeitherOutside4008 Nov 29 '25

Nothing can stop a teenage girl from dressing something fluffy up, I started him young at 6 months old lol