One of my cats celebrated her 1-year anniversary of recluse-ism today. She got spooked by a cat last year that sniffed at her through the screen door, and she's been hiding out ever since. She managed to walk all the way to the bottom of the stairs yesterday, stepped on the wood floor, stretched her neck to look by the porch, and then took off upstairs again. Vet said she needs to be on anxiety meds.