crapiblinked replied to your post: Non-horse people don’t really understa...
they also don’t understand how horribly our lives come crashing down around us when our sanctuary is suddenly taken away from us or how terribly we feel if we think our horse is unsafe or hurt.
Exact-fucking-ly! A girl at my barn stayed there all night because her horse had a colic scare. FYI non-horse people: that's normal equestrian behavior.
Me: I'm so stressed out with what's going on in my life, no matter what adults around me may say. If I didn't have my barn time, I'd crash and burn. Horseback riding lifted me from a very deep depression. I still suffer from depression, but it has become manageable because of riding. When I'm there, so much weight is lifted off of my shoulders and I come home happy.
Equestrianism is really different from a lot of other sports and hobbies/lifestyles. Unless someone is an equestrian themselves, they will never understand the hook horses have on us; taking it away is like ripping out a fishing hook that's deep in.
