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Cats are Healers (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Petting a cat calms down & relieves stress.

There's a 50/50 chance that a cat will try to claw your eyes out if you rub their belly, but yes.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Survivorship bias: those who live through the encounter have lowered stress.😁

[–] Aceticon 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The calming down and stress relief all happens once the petting session ends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing that you survived probably gives you a nice hormonal boost:-).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the cat. There's some that will let you do just about anything and at most bat you with a paw, claws retracted. Then there's others that if you don't pay attention and pet them just a fraction wrong will take your arm off. Know your cat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is true, I had both living with me at the same time for years.

Sort of still do but the bitey half is more playful now (different cats)