Is it normal that still feel guilty about the death of a kitten?

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I was about 4 years old and one of the feral cats in our neighborhood had a lovely little snow white kitten...my brother and I instantly named it Snowball. I was holding it and put it down to play in the grass. No sooner that I did this, the neighborhood bullies came up with their giant beastly dog Naru..a mutt that looked like a cross between a Wottweiler, Pitbull, and a Great Dane. Within seconds, Naru had Snowball in his jaws and I wanted to reach down and save Snowball but, I instantly knew that if I put my small fingers in front of that dog's mouth that they would be bitten off. I watched Snowball being torn to shreds and to this day I blame myself. Is it normal to hold onto this guilt into adulthood?

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  • mumbum
    12 years ago

    This is so sad... Snowball would have died quicky. Don't feel bad...:(

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  • MarzipanMcPig
    12 years ago

    i've just signed up, and so being new here, i don't see any dates, and don't know if any of these are relevant anymore. if this is very old, then please forgive and ignore me, but in case it isn't, i just wanted to chime in. i think it's completely normal for you to feel this way. as tori said above, you are not guilty for this, so you shouldn't think you are, but i believe it is normal to feel this way. there are things like this that have happened to me when i was younger that i feel guilty about. apparently i somehow killed a bunny we had [my mom has told me i "dropped a bureau on it" and i've still not figured out what that means] when i was young enough to not even remember anything about it, and i feel guilty about that as well. in addition to others, of course.. sometimes feel guilty about things i have said years and years ago that i later realized probably came off sounding the wrong way, not quite what i meant, and they're people that i don't talk to anymore or anything, still feel guilty about it though

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  • alv1592
    13 years ago

    even though you didn't know any better, it's normal to feel guilty. i feel bad about when i was a baby and picked kittens up and threw them. :/

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    Oh no! That must have been horrible for you. You shouldn't have guilt. Those evil kids with their dogs are to blame. My heart goes out to you. It's hard to let go of something that you have thought you did something wrong.

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  • sillymerchantgirl
    13 years ago

    this is normal,
    i still blame myself for the death of my rabbit when i was 7.

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  • miriixrep
    13 years ago

    I feel the same way. I accidentally killed a little puppy when I was 4 and I still feel guilty :/

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Good cringe moment! Our pasts will always haunt us... don't sweat it. Perfectly normal!

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  • Dozis
    12 years ago

    Great. Fuck you. You do the talking. We are all very impatient about listening to your fucking bullshit.

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  • Dozis
    12 years ago

    Who cares. I was do

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  • FourAMandstillgoin
    12 years ago

    Aaaw! I remember when i was 6 the neighbour kids gave me of the kittens from a their cat and within minutes they took it from me and beat it to death in front of me. It was horrible! I blame them of course I didn't know they were gonna kill it! I did try to stop them!

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  • Aurelia25
    12 years ago

    That is a very, very sad story! No that is 100 percent normal to still feel that guilt. It would haunt me too. In fact just reading this story I will probably be haunted by it for awhile. You have a big heart and that is a good thing. Spend your life being good to others and animals and try to realize it was not your fault. If you still know those boys I'd be sure to give them a piece of your mind.

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  • niles402
    12 years ago

    That's because you're a very good person...and you probably d'ont realise it but you value life greatly,even a cat's.

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    • [Old Memory]
      12 years ago

      Shhhhhh... Don't blow my cover. ;o)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Your moral support really helps. :o) Sometimes things that others feel are nonsense or childish regrets can really stay with you and haunt you your entire life.

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  • 8Serene8
    13 years ago

    Awe I would have been traumatized :-(

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