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Lj123
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I’ve got some mental health issues mainly anxiety.
If somthing bad happens I’ll do everything in my power to stop that experience from happening again.
since I was young I was never to fused on cats, Iwouldn’t say it was a fear but they did make me comfortable if I was around one. At this point I thought it’s not a big deal they won’t hurt me.
then fastForward to my adult life, I was attacked by a horrible vicious cat. Everything about the encounter was horrible the sounds the cat was making, etc.
since that moment I’ve not been the same I can not be around or near a cat if I’m outside I’m on constant alert looking out for cats, even if I hear one it freaks me out I’ll sweat out have a panic attack. This is just continuing to get worse I live in a block of flats where a few people own cats so somtimws the cats are outside waiting to be let in. This has stopped me from going out alone because I’m scared I know that sounds ridiculous. I’m disabled physically and have been battling mental health for years, I can’t deal with this on top.
I read about people who go see Somone to help them get over there fear but I can’t do rise because the last step is having to be arojnd or hold a cat I can’t do that I could never do that and even if I could that would only make me feel more safe arojnd that 1 cat I’d still fear the rest. I don’t know how to do I don’t like to talk about this to people because there reaction is “it’s only a cat” I’m aware of that but my brain just thinks of danger as soon as I see one or hear one. I don’t know why I’m writing this on here tbh I don’t think any one can help me.
If somthing bad happens I’ll do everything in my power to stop that experience from happening again.
since I was young I was never to fused on cats, Iwouldn’t say it was a fear but they did make me comfortable if I was around one. At this point I thought it’s not a big deal they won’t hurt me.
then fastForward to my adult life, I was attacked by a horrible vicious cat. Everything about the encounter was horrible the sounds the cat was making, etc.
since that moment I’ve not been the same I can not be around or near a cat if I’m outside I’m on constant alert looking out for cats, even if I hear one it freaks me out I’ll sweat out have a panic attack. This is just continuing to get worse I live in a block of flats where a few people own cats so somtimws the cats are outside waiting to be let in. This has stopped me from going out alone because I’m scared I know that sounds ridiculous. I’m disabled physically and have been battling mental health for years, I can’t deal with this on top.
I read about people who go see Somone to help them get over there fear but I can’t do rise because the last step is having to be arojnd or hold a cat I can’t do that I could never do that and even if I could that would only make me feel more safe arojnd that 1 cat I’d still fear the rest. I don’t know how to do I don’t like to talk about this to people because there reaction is “it’s only a cat” I’m aware of that but my brain just thinks of danger as soon as I see one or hear one. I don’t know why I’m writing this on here tbh I don’t think any one can help me.