Does anti-suicidal cat works?

[caramelpudding]

I have heard a lot of stories that their cats make someone want to live again and I've heard that they can made them more suicidal too? So does that depend?

 

[_Gollum_]

Pets can definitely give people a reason to live. However, I would not get one solely for the purpose of making you less suicidal because if it doesn't work and you end up killing yourself anyway, then that pet will be abandoned.

 

[caramelpudding]

Pets can definitely give people a reason to live. However, I would not get one solely for the purpose of making you less suicidal because if it doesn't work and you end up killing yourself anyway, then that pet will be abandoned.

That's true I need to think more thoroughly about this, thank you for your advice

 

[violetforever]

Pets can definitely give people a reason to live. However, I would not get one solely for the purpose of making you less suicidal because if it doesn't work and you end up killing yourself anyway, then that pet will be abandoned.

this is why i only took care of neighborhood strays even then i felt so bad when i didnt leave a cat food for a month because that entire month i could hardly get out of bed. thankfully i knew another neighbor was feeding her though.

 

[Autumn Blaze]

Pets are commitments and commitments that you really need to care about, like another animal such as a cat or dog can be really good for recovery purposes because it gets you into a routine related to caring for them, but like most people in this thread have said already it's really something you need to think about like all commitments. And they're right in that, if you do end up leaving the world, there's no one to take care of your pet - which is like. A really big problem unless you have plans to get someone you know to take care of the pet in question after your passing or something else.
So it can both be a pressure and something good! It's something to very much think on.

 

[caramelpudding]

this is why i only took care of neighborhood strays even then i felt so bad when i didnt leave a cat food for a month because that entire month i could hardly get out of bed. thankfully i knew another neighbor was feeding her though.

You're so kind to think about them even when you're struggling!
I've played with stray once and it accidentally scratched me and I had to get rabies shot

Pets are commitments and commitments that you really need to care about, like another animal such as a cat or dog can be really good for recovery purposes because it gets you into a routine related to caring for them, but like most people in this thread have said already it's really something you need to think about like all commitments. And they're right in that, if you do end up leaving the world, there's no one to take care of your pet - which is like. A really big problem unless you have plans to get someone you know to take care of the pet in question after your passing or something else.
So it can both be a pressure and something good! It's something to very much think on.

I think about this a lot too. I couldn't bear to lose them or think about me leaving them and they would think I've left them. I hope my situation would get better and I would have the privilege to have them in my life tho. Thank you for your reply

 

[enduringwinter]

Cats especially old ones are very sensitive to negative energy. They *will* stop you from dying, in fact one stopped me (by sitting on my lap for 2 days straight, it was a random stray that just walked up to me)

 

[Pluto]