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Sorrow.

User Profile: cauchyimpersonator
cauchyimpersonator March 18th, 2021

There is a cat in our neighborhood who gave birth to four kittens last year. Around the same time, a cyclone occurred here. So I kept the four kittens in my room for about a month. After a while, they left. Then two of them came back. Permanently. I gave them food, they slept on my bed, ran inside the house. Although I made them leave before I was about to sleep. They were very close to me, especially the brown, male kitten. He died two months ago. He was paralyzed and stopped and eventually died. I didn't cry, or express any emotions. I was numb. But recently I've been feeling very depressed and didn't know why. I keep petting stray cats whenever I see them. I keep opening my balcony door fifteen times a day like I used to before, when the kitten was outside and would run into my home when he saw me. Somehow I managed to figure out that the death of the kitten is the reason for my being depressed, or more depressed than usual. I loved him a lot.

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User Profile: IceCream4IceCream
IceCream4IceCream April 17th, 2021

@cauchyimpersonator

I am so so sorry that you went through this. Your feelings are completely understandable and so valid. Give yourself the time and space to feel what you feel. Not trying to give you advice but I do know that grief is a process. It's really difficult, but you can get through this. Feel free to PM me or any other listener if you need to talk more. Just know that you're not alone <3