People who own cats know that they are very sensitive to your emotional state and will absolutely come comfort you when you're distressed or very down. I've had three cats on me at once sometimes, which is not something they "regularly" do.

Little furry angels, every last one of them. I owe them so much.

[–] truite@jlai.lu 16 points 5 months ago

My cat absolutely doesn't care about my emotional states but I love him no matter what.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know! We really don't deserve cats

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 months ago

considering how cats just keep showing up in people's houses and acting like they've been living there all along, it seems we do in fact deserve cats

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

I mean, if you have mental illness you might absolutely need therapy 😅

Having living things to take care of and cuddle with can absolutely be a helpful part of treatment and benefit to one's mental health though! :)

[–] romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 5 months ago

Why not both?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago

Save me a fortune

Totally not in my experience 😅

But yeah i keep on moving because whenever i reached home i would lie down on the floor and play with my cats for half an hour before proceed to bath and do other stuff. Without them i think i wouldn't be here.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Is that not therapy?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm in therapy because I'm allergic to cats. Also the horrible, horrible depression.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

That sucks mate. I know we're all facing existential threats on a regular basis so depression and anxiety are high among the population.

But that doesn't mean you don't matter. You matter.

Glad you're getting the help you need!

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 5 months ago

Ideally both

[–] drbluefall@toast.ooo 9 points 5 months ago

yes pls

[–] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 months ago

both is good, i choose both

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

We had two dogs, a cat, and a bird, so the house was always full of animal silliness. My wife left me a couple months ago and took the dogs with her. I've become so thankful for the cat. She just wants to be where I am, constantly: on my lap if I'm sitting, or on my chest if I'm laying down. It's made a very hard time just a little less hard.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

If only my airways wouldn't clamp up tight and my skin wouldn't start flaking, itching and basically falling apart after a session like that. ☹️

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, but a therapist can write an emotional support animal letter so you don’t have to pay kitty rent!