Traumatic pet loss — from sudden deaths, accidents, or difficult euthanasias — can create symptoms that look and feel like trauma. Here’s why that trauma is real and worth addressing.
Thank you for this profound share. I’m so sorry for your loss of Koda, I can feel why this would be difficult. Even though I did not have a traumatic loss, I was doing hospice care, but the anticipatory grief of losing my 13 year old Duke & then losing him in July, feels so deep, quietly painful. Your substack is a gift for us all, the comfort I feel when I come here is deeply felt, that I’m not alone , that I’m surrounded by others who deeply understand. With bows of gratitude. I did write about Duke in my post “Communion” with palms together.
Thank you so much for sharing Duke with us. 🤍 I’m so sorry for your loss. Anticipatory grief can be such a quiet, deep kind of pain, and I’m grateful this space offers you even a little comfort and reminds you that you’re not alone. I’ll be sure to look for your “Communion” post. Thank you for bringing Duke’s memory here with us. 🤍
My Sullie disappeared 9 days ago. He’s my beautiful 14yo soul cat. I have never felt so despondent or felt so lost. I needed to find this essay tonight. It has validated all of the symptoms I’m experiencing. Missing him just so much it hurts. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for this profound share. I’m so sorry for your loss of Koda, I can feel why this would be difficult. Even though I did not have a traumatic loss, I was doing hospice care, but the anticipatory grief of losing my 13 year old Duke & then losing him in July, feels so deep, quietly painful. Your substack is a gift for us all, the comfort I feel when I come here is deeply felt, that I’m not alone , that I’m surrounded by others who deeply understand. With bows of gratitude. I did write about Duke in my post “Communion” with palms together.
Thank you so much for sharing Duke with us. 🤍 I’m so sorry for your loss. Anticipatory grief can be such a quiet, deep kind of pain, and I’m grateful this space offers you even a little comfort and reminds you that you’re not alone. I’ll be sure to look for your “Communion” post. Thank you for bringing Duke’s memory here with us. 🤍
Thank you Mindy for your support to all of us. Here’s my post. Missing Duke every day.
https://annecybaez.substack.com/p/communion?r=55zlof&utm_medium=ios
My Sullie disappeared 9 days ago. He’s my beautiful 14yo soul cat. I have never felt so despondent or felt so lost. I needed to find this essay tonight. It has validated all of the symptoms I’m experiencing. Missing him just so much it hurts. Thank you for sharing this.