Extinction Burst You have vowed to stop responding to your cat’s pillow trotting, which has become a nightly ritual. It’s been a rough few nights so far, but you’ve resolved not to cave in and pay attention to her. So you settle down into bed, and at 4:00 a.m., your cat begins her usual meowing. You grit your teeth and lie there, waiting for the meowing to stop. But it doesn’t. Instead, it seems worse than usual. And then your cat walks across your head and starts knocking things off your dresser. Now it’s 5:00 a.m., and you’re freaking out, thinking “I can’t take this. I’ll get up and feed
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