Oh, absolutely, especially since this is a psychiatric hospital -- of course everyone has the right to be afraid of things.

But these are people who will yell at me that I need to get off the elevator because they are afraid of dogs, or that I shouldn't be in the building because they are afraid of dogs. I can't walk up stairs, which might have been indicated by the giant dog with a handle on his back. They are welcome to steer clear of us entirely! But I am not going to wait for the next elevator because they're afraid of dogs when I was on it first.