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[Ghills]

My dog is not well

I'm sorry.

[misko27]

Something is wrong with my cat today. There's been these moments where he will suddenly break out in prolonged meowing, punctuated by panting (which I've never seen him do otherwise). He also continues meowing even when I pet him (which is also unusual for him; he usually immediately stops meowing of any sort when being petted), and the meow itself is unlike his ordinary meow (It's... I'm not sure how to describe it. It's unlike his ordinary vocalizations: he's never made sounds like his even when something was wrong and he was meowing for help). It sounds... injured. I can't describe why it sounds that way, more... organic? Like a belly meow (if that's even a thing) Actually, it sounded a lot like a human's impression of a meow. He sounded scared, or hurt. Finally, he didn't react when I touched him at all: he was just sitting on his tummy, meowing.

And than it stopped after a few seconds. It's happened a few times this evening though, the longest was for about 15 seconds. And the really strange thing is, once it stopped, he immediately went back to acting normally, and even meowing normally. If it hadn't been for that I would have thought it was something wrong with his vocal cords or that he hurt himself somehow, but he's really back to himself when its over. I have this vague sense that it could be psychological... my mother noticed when he did it in front of her, and since she hadn't seen it before (and she lives with him, and I do not) that means it must have started today or yesterday. Do cats get panic attacks? Maybe its seperation anxiety? Or maybe it's waves of pain from some tummy issue, or I don't know.

I've been worried about my cat on-and-off for a while now, but it's usually been a matter of loneliness and cleaning his litter box. I hope he's not in pain. 

[George_Chickens]

My grandmother's cat acted like that and it turned out to be a heart murmur from old age. How old is your cat?

[Reelya]

https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/female-indigenous-activist-knees-cop-in-testicles-in-her-third-police-assault/news-story/b9f55bf1bf19d0731fc5db6547f5db97

GLAMOROUS young Aboriginal woman Leilani Clarke has been convicted of her third police assault after she kneed an officer in the testicles after stealing a chicken curry from a 7-Eleven.

As she did during her last assault, 20-year-old Clarke called police officers “white dogs”.

She's got shit for brains if she thinks this behavior is somehow striking a blow for black rights and feminism. She just hides behind those causes as an excuse to be an asshole to everyone. Shoplifting is the last thing you want to be doing if you're trying to set yourself up as an activist for black rights. That just makes the rest of them look bad and is cringeworthy.

[misko27]

My grandmother's cat acted like that and it turned out to be a heart murmur from old age. How old is your cat?

17 turning 18. He is a very old cat, but one who is generally in remarkably good health despite that.

Heart murmur eh? Hmm. I'll look into it.

[KittyTac]

My cat is... I think 19 now. Been meowing exactly as you described about a year ago daily. Then stopped after 6 months.

[Yoink]

Hope your cat's alright, Misko.

For some reason, I've been hit with absolutely crushing anxiety for the last few days. I don't even have any deadline coming up or anything, I'll just be sitting working and suddenly bam, edge of a panic attack. It's got to the point where my hands are shaking, I'm nauseous, and way too close to the verge of tears for just sitting in a lab revising.

*entirely non-threatening internet hugz*   

Spoiler: My Sad, retroactively spoilered so as to assuage the embarrassment arising from havin' a whine (click to show/hide)

My Sad: various circumstances have lead to me feeling like utter garbage for at least a few days now. I'm glad my therapist-type-person spoke to me yesterday and made an appointment for next week, at least. I'd been meaning to get in touch for ages but uh... I kind of called once, missed when they returned the call and then did nothing more about it. >.>   

It always feels better to be at least making some token gesture of trying to improve, and perhaps I can even get referred to someone with the ability to prescribe me something-or-other. Honestly I've had these anxiety issues (and the depression that goes hand-in-hand) for so long now and never even tried medication for it... apart from the "self-prescribed" kind, which has varied results overall.   
Also I'm broke as shit. Bills making a seemingly-coordinated attack upon me. That's always a nice extra layer to chuck on top of the shit soup that is my life. Although if I wasn't broke I would probably just spend all my hypothetical money on cheap rum anyways, given my current mood. *shrug*   

[misko27]

I don't think my cat's alright. He was lying on the far side of the room all day. When I came over and called to him, he came over (a few feet)... but started meowing in pain again, and now is just lying on his side next to my chair, staring off into the distance, occasionally panting or less occasionally meowing. He also appears to have urinated on himself, which is a first.

We (by which I mean myself and the cat) are going to see a vet tomorrow. I just hope, I wish, that i could make sure he'd be ok until then. I myself am barely keeping my composure here (I was in tears earlier)... I just wish I knew what I could do to help! Isn't petting him helping, or hurting? Does he need help with food? I brought his food and water bowl, is that good? I have awful fear that something horrible will happen that I could have prevented if only I knew what to do.

[Hanslanda]

Til you see a vet, all you can do is make sure he knows you love him, which you are already doing. I wish there was more, mate, I truly do.

[Hanslanda]

I'm watching War Machine with Brad Pitt and... His relationship with his wife in this movie is painfully familiar to me. I'm an anhedonistic, closed down, fucked up motherfucker with an amazing, understanding, perfect wife that I uh. Frankly treat like shit.

[RedKing]

Project that I've been managing for three months now hit yet another snag and delay. The project could literally be summed up as "We have Box A and Box B, with a cable in between them. We want to put Box C in the middle and run two cables to link them all up."

This has taken THREE MONTHS, and we're still not there yet.

Spoiler: Graphical representation of our progress (click to show/hide)

[Yoink]

Til you see a vet, all you can do is make sure he knows you love him, which you are already doing. I wish there was more, mate, I truly do.

This.
Hang in there Misko's cat, and Misko.

[Doomblade187]

Project that I've been managing for three months now hit yet another snag and delay. The project could literally be summed up as "We have Box A and Box B, with a cable in between them. We want to put Box C in the middle and run two cables to link them all up."

This has taken THREE MONTHS, and we're still not there yet.

Spoiler: Graphical representation of our progress (click to show/hide)

*sympathy crying*

[ChairmanPoo]

I'm watching War Machine with Brad Pitt and... His relationship with his wife in this movie is painfully familiar to me. I'm an anhedonistic, closed down, fucked up motherfucker with an amazing, understanding, perfect wife that I uh. Frankly treat like shit.

Tell Angelina hello on my behalf

[hector13]

I'm watching War Machine with Brad Pitt and... His relationship with his wife in this movie is painfully familiar to me. I'm an anhedonistic, closed down, fucked up motherfucker with an amazing, understanding, perfect wife that I uh. Frankly treat like shit.

Tell Angelina hello on my behalf

Didn’t they divorce a while back? Keep up.