Pet Loss: Why It Hurts So Much | Ep 113

👉 STOP THE "DID I DO IT TOO SOON?" SPIRAL - Break free from OCD in 3 weeks!

Are you torturing yourself with questions like "Did I put my pet down too soon?" or "What if they had more good days left?" If you're dealing with pet loss and OCD, the grief becomes 10 times harder because your brain won't stop second-guessing every decision. In this episode, I reveal why pet loss hurts so much when you have OCD and how to start validating your experience. 💜

🎯 What You'll Discover:

• Why Pet Loss Hurts So Much: 🔹 How pets provide unconditional love and emotional support that becomes part of your daily structure [00:01:00] 🏠 🔸 Why society minimizes pet loss with phrases like "it's just an animal" or "get a new puppy" [00:05:00] 😔 🔹 Research showing bonds with pets can be as strong as bonds with humans [00:04:00] 💔

• How OCD Amplifies Pet Loss Grief: 🔸 Sarah's story: scheduling hospice care but still spiraling with "did I do it too soon?" thoughts [00:02:00] 😰 🔹 The difference between normal grief thoughts and OCD obsessions that loop endlessly [00:05:00] 🔄 🔸 Why OCD makes you second-guess decisions 10 times worse than normal grief [00:03:00] 🧠

• Starting Your Healing Journey: 🔹 Four validation statements to ground yourself in grief without needing all the answers [00:06:00] 🙏 🔸 Why your pet can't talk to you makes end-of-life decisions especially hard with OCD [00:06:00] 💬 🔹 Preview of the 4-part series covering spirals, coping tools, and continuing bonds [00:07:00] 📚

⏰ Episode Timeline:

00:00 Introduction to pet loss and OCD complications 00:01:00 Why pet loss hurts: unconditional love and daily routines 00:02:00 Sarah's story: hospice care and the "did I do it too soon?" spiral 00:03:00 Common OCD spirals after pet loss decisions 00:04:00 Research on human-pet bonds and societal minimization 00:05:00 How OCD amplifies normal grief into obsessive loops 00:06:00 Validation exercise: four grounding statements 00:07:00 Series preview and next steps for healing

📖 Key Takeaways:

• Your grief is real and valid, even when OCD tries to turn it into obsessive spirals
• Pet loss is legitimately hard because pets provide emotional support, structure, and unconditional love
• Normal grief includes some "what ifs" but OCD turns them into endless loops of "I murdered my pet"
• You did the best you could with what you knew at the time, and you're allowed to grieve without having all the answers

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• Recognize OCD spirals vs. normal grief
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• Validate your experience without needing certainty
• Move forward while honoring your pet's memory

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You're not broken for grieving deeply. You deserve to honor your pet without the crushing weight of OCD spirals. 💜

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