Do cats get sad when you leave?

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asked Mar 4, 2022 in Cats by dizzybent (1,180 points)
Do cats get sad when you leave?

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answered Mar 4, 2022 by HuJennifer (2,490 points)
Some cats do get sad when you leave.

Although if you have more than one cat and you leave it alone the cat will usually be less sad but most cats do well alone and they usually know you're coming back once they get to know that you will come back.

When a cat senses their owner is crying the cat will usually react to the owner crying by getting up into the owners lap or at least near the owner and may try to comfort the owner by reaching their paw out to them or wanting to snuggle up to them.

Some ways you can tell if your cat is trying to comfort you is they get up into your lap and lay down or they try to reach their paw at your face or they try moving their paw around your stomach, leg etc.

Your cat may also want to put his or her paw into your hand or they may lick your face or hands or even headbutt you or rub their head against your head as a way of comforting you.

Cats can and do sense sadness.

When you're sad, crying etc cats can read your facial expressions and then they will usually come up and want to comfort you.

Cats affect your mental health in a good way as they cause you to release oxytocin which is associated with the feeling of being in love and happiness.

So when your body releases that oxytocin you become relaxed, more happy and less depressed.

Cats are so comforting because they mostly are easy going animals and relaxing animals to be around.

Also research and studies have confirmed that cats can actually lower our blood pressure and release dopamine and serotonin, which reduce stress and improve immune functioning.

Cats can also help release oxytocin, which is associated with the feeling of being in love.

A service cat is also known as an emotional support cat or therapy cat which provides therapy and emotional support to the person in need who suffers from anxiety, depression, stress or PSTD etc.

In an average person's day-to-day life, cats are pals, supervisors, and beloved family members.

On a more therapeutic level, cats can serve as an emotional support or comfort animal, or they can visit hospitals and nursing homes as a therapy pet.

Having a cat can help with anxiety as cats are calming and relaxing animals and even just holding the cat, having the cat on your lap etc can help to calm your anxiety, relax you and even help lower your blood pressure and reduce stress as well.

For your cat to become an emotional support animal and to be legally recognized as an emotional support animal you must get a letter known as an ESA letter from a licensed mental health professional which states you need the emotional support animal.

If you suffer from anxiety, depression, panic attacks, PTSD, or any number of mental illnesses you may already qualify for an emotional support animal.

Cats are very good for being emotional support animals.

Cats can be great emotional support animals!

This is also true of any other pet that helps you with a mental health disability or mental health related challenge.

While dogs are primarily considered service animals, an emotional support animal can be many different kinds of animals.

Not only are cats small which is a good thing with emotional support animals but cats are also very calming, relaxing and they can also lower your blood pressure and help with depression and anxiety.

Cats do help with loneliness and when you're lonely cats can be a very good companion to keep you company.

Cats can understand human crying and facial emotions and facial expressions.

Cats and humans have similar hormonal, neurological and genetic makeups.

When humans smile or cry, cats can read our facial expressions and detect our emotions.

A cat's ability to read your body language and sentiments develops over time as they come to know you.

Cats can easily sense anxiety in people and they can sense that you're sad, upset etc.

Cats can sense most emotional issues with people.

When your cat sleeps next to you it means they love you and they trust you and are sleeping next to you for protection in the night or when they are napping.

Cuddling a cat is very good for you as well as very good for the cat.

Most cats do love to cuddle once they get to know you and you will feel good yourself and the cat will also feel good.

When you cuddle with your cat you reduce your stress level and anxiety and cuddling with your cat can also lower your blood pressure.

Cuddling with your cat releases oxytocin in the body, which is the hormone responsible for making people feel happy and loved.

Cats think of us sort of as their parents, but that special bond has to be nurtured.

Cuddling your cat will help them feel safe and loved.

In fact, when you snuggle your cat, a special hormone is released in both of you.

Cats sleep with you as a means of protection for them as well as protection for yourself as well.

When cats sleep with you it provides the cats with security and an extra defense if a predator should launch a nighttime attack.

Cats will sleep with you because they trust you, they know you're not a danger and you can also provide an extra layer of defense if needed.

Cats do know when you're sleeping and sometime when a cat knows you're sleeping they may try to get you to wake up as well.

Cats will wake you up to get you up to play, to get you up to feed them or to just tell you it's time to get up.

If your cat insists on waking you up at 4 a.m. every day it's probably because they tricked you at some point in the past and then kept tricking you because you were so easily tricked.

Congratulations, you have been outsmarted by an animal that comes up to your shins and poops in a box in the corner.

Cats will pick their favorite person the same way that humans or dogs pick their favorite person.

When the person shows so much love and affection towards the cat then the cat will also usually decide that the person who is very affectionate to them and shows them love deserves to be the cats favorite person.

In a multi-human household, it seems that cats will choose one family member they want to spend more of their time with.

According to a study done by the nutrition company, Canadae, they discovered that the person who makes the most effort is the favorite.

Cats headbutt you as a way to show love for you and the headbutt from the cat is also their way of expressing a familial relationship and using scent as a marker.

Marking you with her own scent makes your cat feel even safer around you than she did before

When your cat follows you everywhere it usually just means that the cat loves you and wants to be around you.

Or the cat may be wanting attention or they're bored and just want to walk around with you and it's perfectly normal behavior.

Some cats want to follow people around while others may just want to be lazy.

Cats follow you to the bathroom as they want your attention and when you're in the bathroom the cat realizes that you're more apt to give them attention than you would when busy.

Cats are also very affectionate and become close to you and some cats just love to follow you to the bathroom or wherever you go.

Coming to visit you in the bathroom can become a routine your cat learns to love, especially if you give in to its pleas for attention.

Your cat may also be anticipating mealtime if that's something you do after using the bathroom in the morning.

Cats do get attached to their owners and even family that is around them a lot.

Even some stray cats can become very attached to people they don't even know when you start to let them know to trust you.

Most cat breeds are affectionate although some cat breeds are more affectionate than others.

The most affectionate cat breed is the Ragdoll Cat.

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