I take the loss of my animals very hard. Right now I have a male cat, Loki, who is 7 years old and very happy, loving and healthy. My problem is that every once in a while I have obsessive thoughts about him experiencing a painful or traumatic death. Sometimes I am there to witness, sometimes I just find his body. We are in a safe area aside from nighttime coyotes, and I get him inside for the night around 4 or 5pm. There is no reasonable point in having these thoughts, and they usually bring me to tears. I'm wondering how best to manage this irrational fear of losing my best friend before he has led a full life.