Yes, I'm like that. I had a cat that was an outdoor cat until old age so I did not have any problems but when it got a bit more sit-on-the-lap/clingy being ill, I'd have hives most nights going to bed. That cat died and I was cat-free for a year (and the hives disappeared) and my neighbors got a kitten that I went to see and just being with the kitten for 5 minutes, I went home and broke out in hives and made the connection. However, they then had a stray, 2 mo. old kitten show up in their garage and we could not find who it belonged to or a home for it so I took it and it was clingy as all get out such that I went and got a second cat to take some of the attention off sitting in my arms 24/7. So, I have the two cats and, over a period of time, one can become less affected by one's own cats, which has happened for me (they're both 11 year old this July)