i'm scared of leaving my cat

(it's 2am and i'm writing on my phone and english is my second language so sorry if this is awful)

I've had my cat since he was a baby. he's now 9 years old (turning 10 in august). i'm a college student and living at home. in 2023 ( when he's 12) i might leave to live in a different country. if that happens, i'll probably be away for the entire college year, from september to june or so and i probably will only be able to come home for a couple of weeks in december (not sure if i can). i know that this seems far away but i'll have to make the choice to go or not later this year. i'm scared for 3 main reasons: 1) my cat is a persian and 12 is apparently pretty old for them. i love my cat more than anything else in the world and even the thought of him dying makes me cry. i'm super scared that he'll die when i'm away, and i'll just have to deal with it alone on the other side of the world. 2) just the fact that i'm leaving him scares me. my parents are good owners but i've heard of pets getting depressed after someone leaves them. he's always lived in the same house, with the same people. always had the same routines and experience. the longest i've been away from him was 2 weeks, and i'm scared that if i leave it will negatively impact him. also i'm the one that trims his nails and my parents suck at it and he's super lazy and i'm the one who keeps him active and make him actually play and not just lay around and sleep all day. so i'm just pretty scared of how it will affect him 3) i'm scared that he will forget me. this one doesn't scare me as much because he sees my grandparents only for a couple of hours every other month and he always remembers them. still, i'm kinda scared that he won't remember me :(.)

I'm honestly not sure why I posted this, it's more of a venting post but if you wanna share some experiences or give me some advice all is welcome!! I know that these worries are pretty dumb and that i can't not do things because of my cat but he's my best friend and i love him so much that it's hard to not think like this.

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