Australian Woman Shares Footage Showing How Assistance Dog Helps Her Through BPD Episode

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A Victoria native who suffers from borderline personality disorder has been sharing footage to her TikTok account detailing the help her psychiatric assistance dog, who goes by the name Karma, gives her during an episode related to the condition.

The assistancedog_karma TikTok account includes footage of Karma helping out her owner during any potential moments of anxiety, as well as fetching items, facing off with what her owner calls “fake service dogs,” and going to large-scale sporting events.

In the footage featured above, which had been viewed just over 510,000 times at the time of writing on TikTok, Karma’s owner set up a camera to show just how her dog helps intervene during an episode.

Karma’s owner told Storyful, “I wanted to share it after realizing how many people it touched.” Credit: Assistancedog_karma via Storyful