11/06/2020
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵?
Mental health is more important now than ever before but our four-hooved friends are actually scientifically proven to help with that!
I’m sure those of you who spend much of your time around horses, or any animals as a matter of fact, can attest to the calming and reassuring presence they can bring.
Equine-assisted therapy is now a recognised method of therapy and used for many different groups of people, including adolescents suffering with depression and veterans with PTSD. In both of these groups, the positive affect of horses was measured, seen in an increase in hope, lowering of depression and a reduction of a long list of PTSD symptoms including anxiety, OCD and paranoia.
Along with this, mucking out and exercising your horse is good for improving time-keeping and organisation skills and your physical health, which also increases the release of endorphins, the happy hormone!
So, it could be more important than you think to keep your horse in tip-top condition, a happy horse means an even happier owner 🐴