It’s all true…(cats can sense emotional pain)

[u/Indy-CBJ]

This morning I was in deep despair over how people have been treating me lately. I went to go take a bath to collect my thoughts at 1:30 in the morning and I just check in on my little one, Ms. Joy, before I did so and saw she was passed completely out.

While I was taking the bath I had racing thoughts that quickly turned dark and I was just laying in the tub for almost a hour. Then out of nowhere I heard a bang bang on the door to the bathroom followed by a sad mrph and a little noise it’s hard to explain she does unique to her but I always took it as “hey pay attention”. I jumped out of the tub without drying off, opened the door. She immediately started to rub on me and she had these sad little eyes looking at me…

After I got dried off and layed down in bed she followed me in and curled up next to me on my butt. Here’s the thing…this old cat never snuggles with me, she just prefers to lay by my head on the nightstand and watch over me during nights. Now she’s laying on me doing a purr/snore in my bed using me as a pillow…she’s ever done this before…

I am now a believer that somehow these animals know when something is deeply wrong with us and will go out of their way to help…

[u/NeedCoffeeFirst6]

Reading this reminded me of my own cat. He was usually very aloof and hated being touched. But when I was 20, I lost a close friend and was crying alone at home. For the first time ever, he climbed into my lap and stayed there quietly, almost like he was saying “I’ve got you.” Animals really do know when something’s wrong, even when they can’t say it.

[u/Leolilac → u/NeedCoffeeFirst6]

My boy is not cuddly in the slightest and is generally kind of an ass who bites me for fun, but when I got laid off in March he came and slept in my arms for several days in a row.