Dear Human 💕,

I noticed you worry a lot. I mean, A LOT. I can tell you that you’re just making yourself miserable.

Even if you figure out all the things that might happen and might go wrong, there’s only so much you can do.

Take a look at all the What-if-Scenarios you created and ask yourself how likely they are.

I used to worry a lot, when the humans left the house.

What if . . .

• The humans will be attacked by dogs or geese

• The humans don’t come back

• The apartment burns down

• A meteor hits earth

• Aliens abduct me

Then I did some research:

Looks bad, but take a look at the numbers. It turns out that what I’ve been worrying about is very, very, very unlikely to happen. Altogether it’s just about 0.1 %. Well, there’s a 100 % likelihood that a meteor hits earth. Apparently, small meteors hit earth all the time. However, they are too small to do any damage. So, the likelihood that one hits my humans it’s pretty much a 0 %. The most worrisome is that there is a 0.1 % chance that humans abandon their cat. That only seems to happen after they put all their things into boxes. I have seen that only once and the humans took me with them.

So, what is the most likely scenario?  (99.9 %)

The humans will come back later today, give me cuddles and my favorite treat.

Yours,
Cat 🐾

P.S. I question that humans are more likely to be attacked by a dog than by geese. Geese are vicious creatures and they are everywhere near water around here. I think humans don’t report, when they’ve been attacked by geese. So, the likelihood is too low, because of an Underreporting Error. But Canadians seem to be aware and warn to stay away from those Flying Cobra Chicken .

P.P.S. Therapists call it catastrophizing when you are imagining the worst possible outcomes even when they’re incredibly unlikely.