not sure what to do about pets.

[cath55555]

not sure what to do.

really feeling worse again recently. I have pretty severe bulimia and I've relapsed massively. I'm sick of the mental pain I go through when I wake up, do chores, exist. sick of the physical pain that my ed puts me through.

the only things stopping me at this stage are my cats. I'm 21, live alone, but my mum only recently moved out to live with her husband and so she regularly comes back or checks on me. so I know that they wouldn't starve or anything serious- I'd either be found or noticed as missing within a maximum of a day. but my cats wouldn't understand why I was gone. and I don't want to think of them going to unsafe homes... any advice on this? how do I probe for rehoming without giving away how I feel and what my intentions are? please help if you can.

 

[catflowers]

not sure what to do.

really feeling worse again recently. I have pretty severe bulimia and I've relapsed massively. I'm sick of the mental pain I go through when I wake up, do chores, exist. sick of the physical pain that my ed puts me through.

the only things stopping me at this stage are my cats. I'm 21, live alone, but my mum only recently moved out to live with her husband and so she regularly comes back or checks on me. so I know that they wouldn't starve or anything serious- I'd either be found or noticed as missing within a maximum of a day. but my cats wouldn't understand why I was gone. and I don't want to think of them going to unsafe homes... any advice on this? how do I probe for rehoming without giving away how I feel and what my intentions are? please help if you can.

hi if you need to rehome them i think you should give them away to a shelter instead because if you do commit suicide then the cats are fucked

 

[Smart No More]

Depends who you need to hide your intentions from. I imagine it would be easy to hide it from family if you only see them intermittently. Even on a daily basis. I actually had this very same concern a year ago and wrote a ehole thing on how to care for my cat. I would have (if I had the strength) contacted a rescue place and provided a pic and contact info and asked them to put me in contaxt with people looking for a cat. I'd have given them some specific perameters to vet people on before giving them my details and I would then vet them myself with further scrutiny. Honestly I don't think anyone would have met my expectations and probably wouldn't have jumped through my hoops but that was my plan. The reason I'd give to the prospective new owners and rescue sanctuary would be illness which is potentially terminal. When the time came it wouldn't matter that I ctb of my own doing. They'd probably just think I just got there first.

In the end I stuck around for my cat. I can't do it to her. Truth is it may have saved me. I feel like I made some improvements. Miles to go to be back to health and probably never will be but if I can get my mind and natural talents back I'll be more than happy!

hi if you need to rehome them i think you should give them away to a shelter instead because if you do commit suicide then the cats are fucked

That what she's looking for advice on.

 

[catflowers]

That what she's looking for advice on.

yes but here's the thing she neve said it was a shelter she just said she was gonna give it to someone else