Is it normal that i say "goodnight" to my dead cat every night?

I don't think it's normal to do it 3 years later, sorry. It wouldn't be "normal" to say it to your family members. We have to move on...

One of my friends grieved immensely when her mother passed away. At the funeral she was bitterly sobbing (they never reconciled or forgave) and TEN YEARS LATER she still cries it hurts me to see her in pain

Grieving is different for every person, and i can tell you, this type of loss, the one where you are filled with regret at the past and what you did/didnt do, is haunting. It is "normal" to grieve for years, but again its emotionally and psychologically damaging.

Just do whatever helps to make you come to terms with the memory of your cat

Best wishes:)

Awe that's so sad): it made me cry a bit. I love my dog more than anything ad I ynderstand how painful that must be. It is normal. I'm sorry about you cat. I love cats very much too.

I think it's pretty sweet :) as long as your dead cat doesn't control your life or anything...

I thinks it's normal, For sure! Alot of people do that. And you didn't fail her in life, things happen and it's just life. :/ Things happen for a reason and we don't always like or agree with it. =)
Tell your cat "good night" from Marshall, tonight! =)

It helps you control your feelings, the death of a pet is as much or bigger trauma wise to the owner than a distant family member.

There was nothing you could do and you probably didn't get to hold her in her final times.

My puppy was poisoned last month, I have no form of release and I still cry myself to sleep.

That's very sad, but it's OK. She must have lived a happy life before she got sick.

it is ok. you miss her. try to get over the guilt thing. giving another rescue cat a home is a wonderful way to repay the love your first cat gave you.

I think I may do the same one day, hopefully not soon.

I don't think it's abnormal at all. I do the very same thing. Many nights, I tell my cat, who died in October 2009 at age 15, that I love her. She was my soul mate and just because she's passed away, I won't stop loving her and feeling her, or telling her. I think it's very sweet for you to do what you do. I have to believe we will be reunited with our loved ones, including our beloved pets, somehow after this life. Bless your heart, and bless her angel heart too.

Thank you all - very kind comments. :)

Thats the debt you feel you owe? Then so be it. Others will say many things but its the debt you feel you have to pay. Normal.

Aww that's so sweet :( I kinda do the same thing with my dead dog, I say good night to her collar in my room ^^

kinda normal?

You didn't fail her in life.. Things happen for a reason, maybe it is to lead you to another who may need your love, I'm not saying, replave her.. Just find her a sibling. You know.. Start over, and maybe your old cat wants you to move on. :)

Ittts normal, it meaans you have a heart.(:

Why on earth do you keep your cat's corpse?? Is it in a box in your closet? Stuffed and mounted on the wall or on a shelf?? Yikes.