RussellSue
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I had to take one of my cats to the vet today. I felt the anxiety building as I was getting us ready.
I had a very unwell cat for 12 years. In the end, he was insulin dependent and was put down just last year while having heart failure. I remember our many trips to the vet being ridiculously difficult on the panic front. The barking dogs in the back made me insane. It seemed like there were always several.
Our trip today didn't involve any barking and I was surprised that I was pretty calm the whole time but I was totally waiting for a panic attack. I know I have trauma surrounding traumatic deaths of pets but barking dogs? What is that about? We had dogs when I was a kid - they barked a lot. I have no specific known tie in.
Does anyone else have trouble with vets and/or barking dogs? Any tips on how to handle it? It feels very biological like how women react to crying babies but what the heck? Why so intense? I realized today that I was avoiding the vet because of this and I don't want to do that with cats at home.
Obviously, I have skills, tools and gadgets to help me get through stressful situations but I guess I am just wondering if this is a common thing. It seems like the vet office is scarier to me than even the gynecologist.
I had a very unwell cat for 12 years. In the end, he was insulin dependent and was put down just last year while having heart failure. I remember our many trips to the vet being ridiculously difficult on the panic front. The barking dogs in the back made me insane. It seemed like there were always several.
Our trip today didn't involve any barking and I was surprised that I was pretty calm the whole time but I was totally waiting for a panic attack. I know I have trauma surrounding traumatic deaths of pets but barking dogs? What is that about? We had dogs when I was a kid - they barked a lot. I have no specific known tie in.
Does anyone else have trouble with vets and/or barking dogs? Any tips on how to handle it? It feels very biological like how women react to crying babies but what the heck? Why so intense? I realized today that I was avoiding the vet because of this and I don't want to do that with cats at home.
Obviously, I have skills, tools and gadgets to help me get through stressful situations but I guess I am just wondering if this is a common thing. It seems like the vet office is scarier to me than even the gynecologist.
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