the Old Souls*’s anger is different from dog-type’s anger.

The Old Souls* aren’t scared unless chased into a corner by a pack of the Young Soul*. They’re afraid the Young Soul*wants to lock them in… Put a collar on them, too, so to speak. Cats don’t like collars. And even then, hissing as they might be, they are not going to stick around for a fight, they’re looking for a way out of this situation. They’ll be relying on their smarts and their agility to get out of a sticky situation, rather than sticking around for a fight.

The dog-type’s fear is different. They are afraid mostly of their own incompetence and too big responsibilities left on their shoulders: “OMG OMG OMG, I’m home alone and I don’t know how to keep this place safe without my pack. Nobody is helping me. *bark, bark, bark*. This is horrible, I’m not dog enough for this! I don’t know what I’m doing, my pack is going to kill me if I screw up.” The Young Soul*is afraid they’re letting the whole pack down, a worry that the Old Souls* finds very difficult to relate to… Because they don’t live in packs, even if the Young Soul*thinks they’re a part of their pack.

Now, as we are all human, we don’t hiss and bark; we all yell and scream but for different reasons. The Old Souls* is trying to tell you to “fuck off and leave me be” but the Young Soul*is telling you to “come back and help me!” If the Young Soul*yells at the Old Souls*, the Old Souls* will fuck off and leave the Young Soul*be, and if the Old Souls* yells at the dog-type, the Young Soul*will come back and help the Old Souls*… Making the Old Souls* hiss some more, which makes the Young Soul*help them harder… And the cycle will go on and on.

Unfortunately, the Young Soul*does NOT use words to express what they’re thinking, words are basically a Old Souls* invention. I have no idea why. Explaining yourself to the Young Soul*eems to be a wasted effort because the Young Soul*tries to REASSURE others that “everything is fine” even when it wasn’t because they think they’re pegged to be the MOST COMPETENT in a very shitty pack of dogs, and that scares them, but they don’t want to worry their pack members. Therefore, the Old Souls* either expresses insecurity or competence, one or the other, the Young Soul*will interpret as worry about their (expected) role as the pack leader as only pack-leaders, in the mind of a dog-type, have something to worry about.

The Old Souls*, however, worry about themselves, not about their pack. They feel the need to survive the world and “hunt” alone, that’s what cats do. Therefore, they may sit on their sofa licking their paw, and wonder out loud: “I don’t know how to handle myself out there… But I’ll figure it out.” The Old Souls* does NOT think their pack has responsibility over them, nor do they feel responsible for the survival of their family members. They’ll help out in an emergency, sure, but they don’t feel GENERALLY speaking responsible for the pack’s survival, let alone the level of their luxuries.

It is important to know what people are angry about when they yell at you – are you pushing yourself too close or are you not being very helpful?

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