*petting my cat* please cure my depression
cat: *prrbhbphr*
me: thanks
that’s actually a cat thing though, I don’t know the actual scientific facts behind it but cats can ‘sense’ if you will when someone is sick or not themselves and they will press themselves tightly against whoever or whatever is hurting and purr and something about the frequency of the vibrations of them purring acts almost like healing or pain relief and comfort, so essentially, cats will try to purr you better
tru i remember when i had 1 of my first panic attacks i was at my friends house (she has 3kitties) and my heart was pounding & her oldest cat who never gave me any attention b4 came and sat on my lap and purred until i chilled tf out..so i am a firm believer in Cat Therapy 👌
When I was little and got upset or panicked, my cat would curl up on my chest and purr and stick his head under my chin. I think that’s the main reason I love cats so much. He was the only thing at the time that could comfort me. RIP, Thomas. 😸
My cats do a similar thing, my youngest cat isn’t one for interaction and will generally crawl under my bed and sleep but whenever I’m having a really bad day and I’m curled up in bed she’ll always lay as close as possible and just purr. My older cat will physically force himself under the covers to get as close as possible when he can sense someone is upset and he usually stays there all night
because they fly at night [Italian: pipistrello, Slovenian: netopir, Polish: nietoperz, Greek: nykterides, Farsi: shab parreh]
So bat literally means flapper. You’re welcome.
This, my friends, this is true etymology. Explaining why something is named the way it is, finding patterns and principles of meaning, not just tracing a word’s form back through time (which, admittedly, is oftentimes a prerequisite for exploring the former).