How to stop feeling guilty after a pet dies
Traumatic final moments often play on repeat in your head, triggering obsessive thoughts about how you could have saved them if you had just arrived earlier. This relentless loop of regret makes you feel like you failed your pet by not being there to let them die in your arms or give them a better ending.
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In their words
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“That scene keeps playing on repeat in my head ever since and I keep thinking if I had gotten home 15 mins earlier or if I had jumped the fence I could have saved her. In my mind I feel like I failed this kitten.”source ↗
“I shouldve done it before I left. She shouldve died in my arms. Ill always regret it.”source ↗
“I wish I had given her a better ending, but im so grateful for the time I had with her.”source ↗
“I know how it feels to lose your pet. 😢😢”source ↗