Our Cat is Good Anger Management I feel kind of silly sharing this but oh well... my aunt has this older cat, a siamese named Chairman Meow, who has really become attached to me since I moved here. He follows me everywhere, sits on me, sleeps with me and so on. I find him annoying so sometimes I have told him to go to hell, called him names, and I have yelled at him when I was angry. But I'd always feel guilty for doing it and give him a treat afterwards sort of to say sorry for yelling. Anyhow, the funny part is, he now associates me being angry with getting cat treats! Now whenever I am angry, upset, losing my temper or whatever he will come running, all excited and expecting treats. It's actually good because when I see him I realize I'm upset and I have to stop and think about it for a minute whilst I am getting his treats. He interrupts my anger sort of. Plus he does these cute jumps in the air if you throw him a treat, he will even do a somersault sometimes so it often cheers me up a bit. He's still super annoying and he meows way too much but he is helping me manage my anger a bit. |