My cat is upset. I’m not sure what it’s about, but I’m clear that she is pissed. And how do I know this? She is urinating outside of the litter box. She has NEVER done this before, but in the past 3 weeks, she has indicated she is “pissed” in a two different places. I’m not exactly sure how to address this, since, although I am able to distinguish between a “my dish is empty” kind of meow, and a “scratch my ears” meow, I am not fluent in cat-speak and I refuse to take her to a counselor.
I, myself, don’t like confrontation. (At this very moment there are family members and close friends falling off their chairs at that statement…) OK…I generally don’t like confrontation. There are lots of times that I’ve been upset and haven’t addressed it. Lots of times when the “offender” goes without ever knowing they’ve offended me. I may get quiet (there they go….falling off their chairs again…), while my insides twist in knots and my blood pressures shoots up, but I often hold my upset inside. I’m starting to think that may be why my clothes don’t fit anymore and my face is so much fuller. I’m swelling from all this contained upset!
This can’t be good for my health. So I’m thinking my cat has the right idea. There is no denying that she is upset. And….it is completely up to me (the offender) to figure out what the problem is and remedy it, or pay the price. She doesn’t seem to hold a grudge- she still curls up on my lap as always, still plays with her toys…. It seems that once she’s “expressed” her upset, she if free to go about her day unaffected. That seems to me a lot healthier than self-destructing from the inside out by holding it all inside.
Well, that’s it then. The next time I feel upset, I think I’ll wait until the offender is out of the room and “get it out of my system” somewhere on their personal property. Let them figure out what the problem is.
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