Edit: I should specify that the image was put on display at an anti animal cruelty stand made by animal activists.
Today I've been exposed to very graphic image depicting a kitten, it was about those assholes in China who do this shit for whatever reason, but I couldn't read or focus after seeing a certain photo slapped in the middle of the bulletin. I tried to shake it off, but it completely numbed me for the rest of the day, and when I got home and started cooking dinner I broke down in tears and had to sit down to let it all out. The image keeps popping into my head and causes me extreme anxiety because I keep thinking about this poor kitten and keep imagining more animals being mistreated, it's a very painful cycle that ends up in hyperventilating until I force myself out for a cigarette to calm down.
I don't want to put a blind eye to it, because I love animals, I always did, I donate money to charities supporting their rights, but there is some stuff we can't control and it makes me panic.
Has any of you been in a similar situation? I'd love to hear from a soul who manages to keep the invasive thoughts away so I can focus on doing the good rather than fearing what's bad and avoiding the topic completely.
I can't exactly not think about it since I have two kitties whom I love more than life and whenever I looked at them today I thought about that photo again and started choking up thinking that not all kitties have a loving home.
Maybe I'm just a wuss, I just need some nice words. Any would be appreciated <3