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- cheerfully
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Congrats on the new kitten! Getting a new pet for anyone can bring a lot of stress in the beginning. We all want everything to work out and go well. There may be some bumps in the road but you are going to be a great kitten mama! My dogs help me with my OCD because they basically do ERP with me. I think that this experience will be good ERP for you and ultimately this kitten will bring you so much love. I look at my pets as emotional support pets and Iām sure this kitten will become that for you and will be there for you when youāre feeling anxious. š
my cat following me home 13 yrs ago was the best thing that ever happened to me.
omgš„²š„² thatās amazing. Yes I literally love cats like my 16 ye old cat just passed away he was my eveyrhing . Idk now Iām so anxious about having one of my own and something going wrong or affecting my life?? I canāt even explain the feeling . I feels like loss of control??
@cheerfully i understand. and maybe there will be some level of loss. but thats okay. the love that will fill your heart will flood out all the fear...
Thank you sooo much for your helpful comment ā¤ļøI appreciate it so much.
A lot of my OCD revolves around my two cats. What actually helped was how my parents took over their care when I went to college. When I came back I saw all the things I did differently because I would try to be so careful, but nothing bad ever happened to my cats when those precautions werenāt taken when I was gone. So I donāt worry nearly as much. I donāt know if you can somehow give someone else you know some of the responsibility like I did for the sake of observation, but if you can I recommend it as a stepping stone.
Yāall I am so goddamn mentally exhausted itās incredible. I have a cat, sheās two and in perfect health, but my OCD wonāt leave her alone. Iām constantly worried sheāll get crushed under a recliner or die of heat stroke in the dryer. My mom accommodates as much as she can, we keep the dryer shut and we keep a cat bed in the living room so she has a place to hide instead of going under the chair. Iāve never had an animal more than a year or so (hamsters that met tragic ends no matter what I did, and a senior dog that we put down after a year due to declining health) so I think the lack of experience with a pet is a big thing here, and sheās the first animal Iāve ever actually bonded with for real. I just want to make my brain stop describing her possible deaths to me and I canāt figure out how. Anything is appreciated. Thanks for reading, folks.
Let me preface this by saying all three of my cats are alive, well, and healthy. Does anyone else get really distressed by their petsā mortality? Like I cannot escape thoughts about their health, wondering if theyāre happy, if Iām a good caregiver, worrying about when theyāll pass and how hard that will be and that Iāll inevitably feel like Iāve failed them. I feel intensely guilty often for things like leaving for work or not allowing them in the bedroom when I sleep (bc they keep me up) even though logically I know I shouldnāt feel bad. And I have a lot of guilt about not being able to take a past cat while leaving an abusive situation three years ago (she is definitely okay, sheās well cared for, I checked with an old mutual friend). I just love them so much, I want them to be okay.
Anyone have contamination OCD about there kitten/puppy getting on them and making them dirty if you can call it that it's a unknown contaminate but starts my washing compulsion and trying to keep them from getting on me unless iam already feel dirty,Contaminated hard to explain
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