Losing a pet is disastrous. It is a kind of heart break that can quit you to give you reeling, often in ways you did not expect. Pets are not just animals that share our homes – they are partner, confidant and quiet fixtures in the background of our daily life.

Their absence can resonate in the simplest moments through the house: when you come home, the silence, empty space at the end of the bed, and the bowl of food that no longer needs to be filled. It is a sorrow that is worthy of being deep, real and worthy of time and space.

So when they leave, it is completely appropriate to feel that someone has excluded a piece of your soul and has left a chewing toy in its place.

• First of all, sadly mourn. If you feel that the golden retriever feels like crying on random advertisements, then do it. If you want to spend three days in pajamas, you are eating ice cream while watching videos of your pet snoring – which is not pathetic; That is treatment. Ignore anyone who tells you to get “just one and one.” Your pet was not a kettle that stopped working. You cannot just change that kind of personality.

• Further, talk about them. Yes, even though people mention their late Humster’s favorite TV shows. Telling stories about your pets helps to keep their memory warm and alive. Laughing about the time when your cat proudly presented a leaf as if it was a precious gazel. Share your dog’s photo in that funny birthday cap. The happiness he gave is not missing with him.
• Make a ritual, although it seems silly. Light a candle, make a scrapbook, plant a tree, or write them a letter. Give your grief to sit somewhere else which is not just on your chest.
• And finally, have mercy on yourself. Losing a pet is a type of heartbreak that is rarely taken seriously as it should be. But your feelings are valid. They were not “just one animal” – they were family. So take your time, embrace the bizarreness of your grief, and when you are ready, open your heart again – perhaps not to replace, but to continue love.

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