Living With a Cat Problem

Coping often holds for a long time. Adjustments are made, patience is extended, and routines are reshaped to keep things functioning.

At first, these efforts may seem to work. Tension rises and falls, and relief feels possible again.

When coping begins to break, the relief no longer lasts. Recovery takes longer, and the same strategies stop restoring a sense of normalcy.

What once helped now feels insufficient. The strain remains even after rest, distance, or time.

This shift is not sudden. It often appears as fatigue, emotional depletion, or a sense that effort no longer changes the outcome.

The situation may feel stuck, even though action continues.

This page does not explain what should be done next. It does not define failure or assign responsibility.

Its purpose is to name the moment when coping itself becomes unsustainable.