My Cat bites me when I am really upset and crying.

I am wondering if anyone might be able to shed some light on this. My cat is about 9 years old. About 4 years ago he started to show aggression towards me when I was very upset. Basically if I cry about something he obviously senses it and then wants to bite me...HARD. It is very scary. I have to close him in another room until we both calm down and then everything is fine. It's like he wants to bite some sense into me or something, but sometimes I need to be sad, y'no? It's so strange. Does anyone else have any experiences like this? Have you even heard of such a thing?

Our cats are very sensitive to our feelings. Your kitty is most likely feeling upset because you are, and biting you is the only way he knows to express his disturbed emotions.

My cat Toby has not bitten me when I am upset, but I've noticed that he gets extremely upset when any of my foster kittens cry a lot, and he will bite the crying one, not hard, but he definitely goes after the kitten who cries a lot and it is indeed stress-related.

I used to have a cat attack my husband whenever I was upset. She would come out of nowhere and bite him. If I was sad, she would not leave my side. It's amazing how they pick up on your emotions. It sounds like your cat gets upset when you are not happy. I have no solution except you can say no or say ouch and he may or may not get the hint.

This reminds me, we used to have a cat who would attack our dog if anyone was yelling. He would go to the other room to find him so he could attack him. It really wasn't very violent, just a couple slaps in the face.

I think some cats are upset by strong emotions, it may just be his way off telling you to stop.

you know thats funny, my cat did that too me for the first time the other day. I was actually crying over my other cat because I think she is unwell and I was just frusterated with the thought of going back to the vet, and he walked up and nipped me on the arm twice, pretty hard, not hard enough to break the skin, but it hurt!!!! I was a little confused but figured he sensed the intense emotion and wanted me to stop......he is a really sweet boy and has never bitten before outside of a little overaggressive play.

I know this is old, but I'm gonna give my insight on this.
I actually came here because I had the same question; my cat (female, 8 years old) just bit me again, hard cause it left a mark, because I was crying.
This started to happen about 4~ years ago when I started experiencing anxiety and depression; back then I had anxiety attacks often, and she started developing this attitude everytime I started feeling sad or stressed.. At first it upset me cause I was having a bad time and she got kinda aggressive with me like, please?? I need to let it out?? But then after going to Reiki seminars I learned that in many cibilizacivil and spiritual doctrines; cats have been taken in a superior way; since they're believed to be more "connected" to whatever is on the other side we can't reach, hence, they're more perceptive of their surroundings and flowing emotions. So maybe... I don't really know, but it can be because they DO sense you're upset and they're trying to help you cut it out, who knows?