Guilt Options

[Rhapsedy]

Has anyone felt guilt months after their pet died? I felt incredible guilt right after Callaway died and the intense guilt has returned, it's been almost 7 months since he died. The pain is so hard and I sometimes feel like I'm going to loss my mind.

[webmasterpdx]

DO NOT blame yourself for anything.
You sent your pet to heaven as your pet was suffering, or died at home naturally. You, in no way, contributed to that.
I don't know your situation exactly, but I do know that.
Guilt is a normal part of loss. We second question, was it something we did that caused the illness. Was it the right decision to put our baby to sleep. Did we wait too long. Did we do it to early. etc, etc.......this is circular thinking.

The situation is this.....ask yourself one question. Did you love your pet? If the answer is yes, then you did everything as best you could in your pet's interest.
Simple as that.

It is normal to feel guilt, but it's not healthy. Try to focus on the love you both had for each other.....forget anything else as it's irrellevent at this point.

I hope you feel better.
-Donald