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danger but, obviously, i m not. the second thing i can t help but notice, is there are dogs every where. in the china cabinet. on the table. on the fridge. this love for dogs is what inspired lindsey to become a veterinary technician. i know. does your leg hurt? just going take a little photo. on the job she cares for her furry patients. but there was a time in her life when dogs saved her. as a child lindsey was extremely shy and had trouble making friends. i was definitely awkward. i just remember being really, really nervous in new situations and anything that was different was stressful for me. the one thing that brought lindsey comfort was the family dog.
and coattails is a new man, or beast. i love the escalators. that s the appeal, i guess, of being a furry. it s a way to get comfortable in your own skin. hello! and apparently, it s not just for grown-ups. my name is kuska. it s russian for female cat. it helps a lot, but there is a lot of stigma, a lot of negativity out there that we ve got to get over. [ snoring ] the volkswagen atlas. seats seven, sleeps six. life s as big as you make it. [ snoring ] should happen everydred five hundred years, right?
arrow directly into the prone enemy. who is ashada? a shada is a really stubborn darcy dar, kind of related to turtles. and she s a free spirit. and darcy doctors are your creation? yes. i can tell you their ancestry and how they live and, you know, where you might find one. alison decided to tap into her wild side and make a costume a shada. i stumbled on the furry community. there s artists and writers and just nerds. i really fit right in. she connected with fur suit makers online and months later finally brought a sheda to life. so what s the red stripe? i had just been diagnosed with lupus. one of the tell tale signs is the lupus butterfly rash. so i decided to give her that mark so even though she has that it s not everything she is.
you? oh, absolutely. when i was a younger kid, i was very shut off. for me to talk was like a huge deal to my mother. until i found this, i didn t engage with people. i wasn t outgoing, but now i am. a lot of people here had something happen to them or have some kind of anxiety. being able to go to these conventions, it s that community that comes together. just like a giant family reunion for us. the furry community has clearly helped so many who have struggled and felt they didn t fit in. here furries feel they can be themselves. they can create. share their love of art with others and even speak openly about how to deal with life outside of their costumes. welcome to the overcoming anxiety and building coping skills or as i like to call it calm-xiety.