My cat has never been scared of thunderstorms till we moved to my apartment. I’m not sure if it’s because the sounds vibrate different due to an apartments walls compared to a houses walls or what happened but it went from no fear to a sudden phobia. She’s not just slightly scared she is terrified. I always feel so terrible for her because I don’t know what to do! You can see the terror in her behavior. She hunches down to the ground so much and sticks her tail between her legs and walks to either the bathroom or to the front of the stove. She gets so scared that sometimes she will piss herself but she doesn’t move so the pee gets all over her as well as the floor. It’s so stressful for me to but I don’t let it show or affect me because I heard that if she detects stress from me it will affect her too. I’m not scared of them so she’s not reacting to me. I’ve tried calling collars and sprays. I’ve tried a calming treat by Licks. I’ve tried putting her in a thunder shirt and she will NOT let that happen. I don’t know what else to do. I’m afraid to try putting her in the bathroom with the door closed what if that makes her more anxious if she feels like she can’t go anywhere else. And I don’t think I will be able to afford medication from a vet or even just the appointment to make sure it’s not anything else even though if you see her during a storm you would know just looking at her. Also since she gets pee all over herself I usually try to shutter bathroom door so she can’t track pee everywhere bc if I try to bath her before she calms down then I’m just adding to the fear.