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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
I've owned a few cats, and all my dreams about them and some of my
waking time has been ridden with absolutely corrosive anxiety. Last night, I had a dream about my current cat. He had a hair ball and wore a look of pain. His pain pained me. When my previous cat died seven years ago, I lost about 20 pounds because I could no longer eat. I even had trouble breathing. I felt like something inside me died. I still feel the same way. Then there was Kathy. Shortly before she died, I dreamed that her claws were grotesquesly large. In that dream, she just fell, like a bag of groceries or a water balloon. Shortly after that dream, she stopped retracting her claws because of her advancing age, and died of natural causes. I can't keep from crying just thinking about it. Thank God I'm not a mother; it would have killed me a long, long time ago. Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. |
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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 23:23:25 -0700 (PDT), Lisa Lisa
wrote: I've owned a few cats, and all my dreams about them and some of my waking time has been ridden with absolutely corrosive anxiety. Last night, I had a dream about my current cat. He had a hair ball and wore a look of pain. His pain pained me. When my previous cat died seven years ago, I lost about 20 pounds because I could no longer eat. I even had trouble breathing. I felt like something inside me died. I still feel the same way. Then there was Kathy. Shortly before she died, I dreamed that her claws were grotesquesly large. In that dream, she just fell, like a bag of groceries or a water balloon. Shortly after that dream, she stopped retracting her claws because of her advancing age, and died of natural causes. I can't keep from crying just thinking about it. Thank God I'm not a mother; it would have killed me a long, long time ago. Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. I think that's proof that you loved your kitties well. I couldn't imagine not worrying about a cat that's not well. Yet, there have been many stories here about the little joys and tiny victories with ill cats. And bonds that can grow even stronger while caring for them. I had one cat, Betty, who died of cancer. The love was always there, and I wish that she didn't get cancer. But I remember the love and trust she showed during her illness the most vividly. |
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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
"Lisa Lisa" wrote in message ... Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. If it wasn't the cats, it would be something else. The problem is you and your anxiety. Medication and therapy can help with that. |
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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
"news" wrote in message ... "Lisa Lisa" wrote in message ... Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. If it wasn't the cats, it would be something else. The problem is you and your anxiety. Medication and therapy can help with that. I dont think anything can help Harry Yes Folks that is Harry the political nutjob http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...uYqcsrUPIQKVkQ |
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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
"Matthew" wrote in message g.com... "news" wrote in message ... "Lisa Lisa" wrote in message ... Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. If it wasn't the cats, it would be something else. The problem is you and your anxiety. Medication and therapy can help with that. I dont think anything can help Harry Yes Folks that is Harry the political nutjob http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...uYqcsrUPIQKVkQ LOL I see you know him already! |
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I Associate Sadness and Anxiety With Cats
"news" wrote in message ... "Matthew" wrote in message g.com... "news" wrote in message ... "Lisa Lisa" wrote in message ... Cats. They cause me so much pain and worry. More than I can even tell. If it wasn't the cats, it would be something else. The problem is you and your anxiety. Medication and therapy can help with that. I dont think anything can help Harry Yes Folks that is Harry the political nutjob http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...uYqcsrUPIQKVkQ LOL I see you know him already! he has been a pain in the newsgroups for years a real political nut |
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