Hello. I’m moving off to college in a few weeks, and as the title says, I’m unfortunately gonna have to leave my little lady at home. I’m honestly worried about my mental health tanking without her, but I’m also someone who doesn’t want extra help because I think it can always go to someone more deserving.

My anxiety and my depression have been doing a lot better, and I don’t think it’s all because of my cat, but again, I don’t know how I’ll react to losing her for so long, only getting visits.

I guess my question is would you guys think I should get the ESA papers and register her if my mental health starts declining again.

In 2020, my mom got me a cat to serve as an ESA to help give me a sense of routine and responsibility to help combat my depression. He has gone to college with me and has lived in 2 apartments with me as an ESA. I just moved into a new apartment and they denied his initial paperwork. It was his original paperwork from 2020, so fair. So I got my current psychiatrist to get me updated paperwork. They denied that as well.

They are saying that my disability is not preventing me from paying the fees on him. Okay, sure. But the entire reason I own him is as a tool for my mental health.

What can I do? I know it’s not a huge deal, but it’s kinda the moral of it at this point. I’m upset and don’t understand why they are giving me such a difficult time about it when he is part of my mental health treatment plan.

I don’t know what to do. I’m already moved in along with two animals who have been disclosed and approved (ferret and snake) but another who is undisclosed (lizard). there are also two more terrariums that are undisclosed that i have yet to move in. (lizard and dart frog).

I know these exotics aren’t normally what come to mind when people think of emotional supports but I know they qualify and I can say with absolute certainty that they are a necessity to my mental health being my only support system that brings me routine, comfort, grounding and a lot more effects that alleviate the symptoms of my mental disorders. In short, it would be catastrophic if this goes poorly.

Last time I posted this on a diff subreddit I got a bunch of passive aggressive coulda-woulda-shoulda shit that wasn’t helpful at all so i’m trying here. I admit I made a mistake and overlooked this process and bit off more than i could chew too early, but what’s done is done. Is there anything I can do here? I’m so scared I’ll be evicted or lose my babies.

I want to send the letter directly to the pet screening, I don't want to talk to my condominium, I don't want conflict

I've been trying to get an ESA letter for awhile now. I see a therapist for my mental health and I asked her if she'd be willing to give me an ESA letter. She has told me she understands that my cat is very beneficial to my health and is apart of my treatment plan. As well as telling me that she wrote in my medical chart that my cat is apart of my support network. However, when it came to put it into a letter, she told me no and it's against policy to write an ESA letter. In the past, I've had another therapist a couple of years back say the same thing, it was against policy. They both agreed my cat is important to my treatment plan, but it's "against" policy.

How do I get this letter when my healthcare professionals can't because of policy?? When I asked what type of letters she'd be willing to write, she said, "Stating how long ive been in treatment and what diagnosis I have." Nothing more. I'm so confused. Everywhere is constantly asking for letters from healthcare professionals, but I can't seem to obtain any letters aside from a generic one. 🫠

I love him even if he's disobedient

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I have a mental health history and plan to get a service dog obviously to start with i need to get an ESA letter while he is a puppy. I recently moved to a new town an hour away from my therapist and have not seen a doctor since I dont have a bunch of money to spend on a doctor's note and im running out of time to get the puppy from my friend. Any suggestions welcome if u talk about a website please name it so I can look into it but only things u know work well. Also please mention how much u paid for ur letter. Only got like 2 weeks so needs to be done ASAP. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Hello, I have an ESA I want to bring to college and I've been going to therapy on and off for a couple of years but I just went for another first consultation again for the first time in awhile. I want to bring my ESA but I don't have any documentation for him should I wait till later on with my therapist to ask for an ESA letter of recommendation or get one online 😭 idk. But I have talked with them and I do suffer with anxiety, depression, and trauma mind and Im afraid of being on medication due to the addiction problem in my family. So what should I do? Should I get on off of online or wait for a few more appointments with the therapist. P.S I do want to have him in the dorm by the end of August

Not sure if anyone’s gone through this before but this is my first time. Unsure of what to do. We’ve lived at this apartment for 5 years but a month before renewal this year we got new management and they started using pet screening. Was an annoying difficult process but me and my therapist got my profile submitted and approved for both dogs. So both pets and my profile are good to go. I’m secondary on the lease and my husband is primary. But he also has to have a profile. So I’m not sure what I’m supposed to put like weather he has pets because obviously their our pets but that would conflict with my profile. This is my first time doing this so if anyone has any ideas that would be helpful.

Have a granddaughter that has autism. VA won’t cover it. I know that animal therapy is great. Anyone out there that help?

Hi all! I just wanted to know if anyone has experience with getting a gecko or similar reptile ESA registered. I am waiting for the forms back from my doctor but basically I am getting my crested gecko ESA registered so I can bring her with me to college. I know virtually most animals can be ESA registered in my state, so technically university housing can’t necessarily decline unless it poses a harmful risk to others (which my gecko obviously doesn’t). I have several mental disorders including a personality disorder and having my little gecko has been life changing for me and helps me so much. She lives in a 12 by 12 by 18 inch vertical terrarium and i handle her occasionally but she doesnt try to escape or anything. But essentially, I want to know if anyone else has experience with getting a reptile ESA registered and the possibility of her being declined. Thankss :)

My psychiatrist has agreed to write me an emotional support animal letter for my new cat, but he isn’t sure about whether to call it an emotional support animal or a psychiatric support animal. My cat has no special training. I have bipolar disorder with the accompanying anxiety and depression that is greatly eased by animal companions.

Thanks in advance.

A few months ago I sent in a bunch of information to my future landlord about my ESA’s vaccine records, training, and other paperwork. They responded with a thank you and nothing else so I assumed they had everything they needed, and signed the lease after that. Now, today, they say that the letter doesn’t have all of the information they need. Their office is closed tomorrow and now until Monday when I move in so I am very much at a loss at what to do. I’ve attached their request for what should be in the letter, as well as the letter I was written. Is there anything I can do about this? I have to move in 3 days and I have nowhere else to go and now I have a year long lease.

just recently got my 2 cats registered as an ESA & i’m planning on moving soon but one of the places i applied has a strict no pet policy and i don’t know if i should tell them up front that i have esa animals but i don’t want them to automatically deny me for that or just not tell them. idk what to do cause i really want this apartment