Why am I So Sad About Losing a Cat?

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🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Nicole feels silly for being so upset about her cat dying. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Nicole, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. What's up? This is surreal. I literally can remember sitting in the backseat of my mom's car,
0:21.1	the young kid listening to you, and then here I am now at 39 calling in. So this is,
0:25.3	wow. This is amazing. My mom won't believe it. Um, I'm calling because I almost feel like
0:32.5	I'm being a baby, but, and I'll try not to cry because I don't want you to make me jump up and
0:37.1	down out in the parking lot. So, um, but, and I'll try not to cry because I don't want you to make me jump up and down out in the parking lot.
0:38.5	So, um, yes, you do listen.
0:41.9	Last Thursday, yeah, last Thursday I had to make the very difficult decision to put my, um,
0:49.3	almost 15 year old cat down.
0:52.6	Um, you have several health issues that just over time kind of stacked up and the time kind of
0:57.9	came.
0:59.6	Saw it coming, but it always seems to be sooner than you think.
1:04.8	My question for you, I mean, obviously, I've listened to you for years and I've heard
1:09.8	from other people.
1:10.8	Everyone grieves differently, that kind of thing.
1:14.1	And my emotions kind of come and go, whether it's triggered by emotions or conversation or just out of nowhere.
1:20.9	My question for you is, I went back to work today.
1:25.9	I work from home part of the time and I travel travel and go on-site part of the time.
1:30.5	Today was an on-site day, maybe not the best way to go back to work,
1:34.5	but I find that I'm kind of just breaking down just by people saying, like,
1:39.1	how are you and things like that?
1:41.2	I'm just wondering if you have any advice on how to kind of get through that because I
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