Due to her mother's severe mental illness and her father's bout with alcoholism -- both of which are inheritable -- LadyRaven had an early childhood that was rather abusive and difficult to imagine. As a result, LadyRaven became sullen and uncommunicative as a pre-adolescent, in an attempt to manage uncontrollable emotions and feelings of helplessness that came from this early trauma.
Facing developmental issues into her teens, she found herself completely unable to have relationships of any kind with other people. Instead of continuing to face further emotional devastation, she focused entirely on animals, and made emotional if not fantasy connections with them that she could not find in peers.
A lifestyle focused on helping and improving animals is her best outcome. However, in order for this to take place, she MUST be made to understand that proper veterinary care is included in the process she calls "healing". If she has that understanding, she may be fine; if not, all may be lost.
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