How My Cat Taught Me to Stop Ignoring My Own Needs

By focusing on caring for him, I learned to care for myself

Jodie Hare
Published in
4 min readMar 26, 2020

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A photo of me lying in my bed asleep with my cat lying asleep very close to me facing me
Photo: Jodie Hare

My cat is an anxious cat. He is a black cat with white markings underneath his chin and white paws which make it seem as though he’s wearing little boots. Whilst growing up I had one other cat, and I’ve spent time around various other cats belonging to friends and family. But of…

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