Emotional support animal question... please help...?

Emotional Support Animals are NOT protected under ADA law, so they can tell you no. Its called reasonable accommodation. If its not deemed reasonable, or the dog becomes a nuisance, they can say no or even evict you.

But there are qualifications to have an Emotional Support Animal. Just being stressed doesn't cut it.

First, you must be mentally disabled or have a mental condition deemed severe enough to be considered disabling (same thing).

Second, you must be under the ongoing care of a mental health professional.

Third, after a period of time (and usually after months of trying different medications) IF your mental health professional feels an emotional support animal would be of benefit to you, they recommend one.

Forth, your metal health professional writes you a letter/note recommending an ESA.

Fifth, you turn this letter in, with a request for accommodation, to your landlord.

Sixth, you wait for their reply

Seventh, IF they grant your request for accommodation, you go get a pet.

To get a service dog, the qualifications are even more stringent but, since you obviously don't qualify for a service dog, there's no reason to go into what they are.

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Emotional Support Animal is a companion animal that provides therapeutic benefit, such as alleviating or mitigating some symptoms of the disability, to an individual with a mental or psychiatric ability. ESAs are typically dogs and cats, but may include other animals. In order to be prescribed an emotional support animal, the person seeking such an animal must have a verifiable disability. Under US law an Emotional Support Animal is a pet which provides therapeutic benefit to its owner through companionship and affection.

Actually, Emotional Support Animals do NOT fall under the ADA laws, and they CAN be denied entrance or living arrangements.

Same with therapy animals.

The only dog covered under the ADA is a SERVICE dog, which is not the same thing as a therapy dog or ES dog.

Usually an apartment complex will only allow actual service dogs for people with physical disabilities. I suggest you get a cat. I lived in an apartment complex for years that didn't allow animals but, a cat doesn't bark. You don't have to walk it and if you don't have furniture that is up against a window, a cat can't sit in the window and be seen. They can go virtually undetected.

First here is what I did to relieve stress in college. Remember what is the worse that can happen? You fail the class. That's it. They don't take you out back and shoot you against the gym wall. So you take the class again. So what?

As for the dog you are right and there is a lot of controversy about this. Follow the link:

http://www.nsarco.com/emotionalrights.html

Millions of college students have anxiety like you do. You don't see them crying for an ESD which you will never qualify for. Grow up and get over it.

You don't qualify for one. Medication can help your anxiety