Strange Doings

I apologize for the length of time it has been since my last post. I was very busy knocking things off of counters and fell behind on my nap quota. I'm all caught up now, and am looking forward to getting back on schedule dispensing wise advice to my fellow cats. So, if you are one of the cats who are still waiting for an answer, you should be seeing it here soon. - Sammy
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My person is usually pretty sane, but once a year she goes through a phase of multiple personalities. I’m not sure what’s going on with her, but it seems like every day, she’s a different person. Sometimes her hair is green and long, and the next day, it will be red and short. The other night, I wasn’t even sure it was her. She had a white face with black eyes, and went around cackling all night at a bunch of kids who came to the door. Oh, by the way, they were all dressed strange, too. This goes on for about a week, and then she’s back to normal for another year. Should I be worried? I've attached a picture of one of her more unusual looks.

Puzzled in Petaluma

Dear Puzzled,

This is not a new phenomenon , and it’s not unique to your person. For decades prominent psy-cat-atrists have studied this reoccurring behavior in people, and have discovered the reason for it. People wish they were cats. It’s true. Every person has feelings in inadequacy because the recognize the superiority of cats, and know they can never be on the same level. Even though we cats recognize this flaw and don’t hold it against them, for some people, sometimes it gets too hard to bear and they have to do something.

When your person dresses strangely, she is trying to shake off her feelings of cat envy by transforming herself into a new creature. Once transformed, she needs to assert her new status with others, and so will go mingle with similarly decked out people, or in the case of children (you can see this syndrome starts young) who don’t have cars will go door to door to show off their new personas. This need to be something other than what they are eventually wears off as they realize they can never achieve the perfection of cats, and they revert to their normal selves and just enjoy being around us.

For most people, this is a once a year occurrence and they get it out of their systems within a week or two. However, some people have more serious cases. For them, there is no cure. Luckily, there are places where they can go and live with like-minded people. The most famous of these colonies are in Hollywood and New York. There’s even one treatment center where the people dress, and really think they are, cats. Be grateful your person is of the once a year variety.

Be patient with her and good luck.

Sammy