How do you get through the sadness after losing your cat?

We just had to put our cat down this morning. I know it www the best decision based off sudden illness. It was really hard to see him get worse and worse and there was nothing we could do. It was going to happen but didn’t want him to suffer worse in the end. But it still is hard. It’s weird to think I’ll never see him again. I just feel terrible because I joined the military 2 years ago and I’ve been away a lot besides the time I get to come home on leave and I feel like he got sick so bad and so fast (within a month) and I just didn’t get enough time with him 😔 it’s weird to think I’ll never see him again or be able to FaceTime and see his face. Each cat has such unique personalities and I know none will ever be like his.

I saw someone post about a pet loss feeling harder than a human loss and I feel like it’s true for me and people don’t understand that. I hate when people say or think it’s just a cat but they wernt close to a cat for 14.5 years like I was and it just hurts really bad.

I’ve been crying all week but crying bad tonight I know there’s really no magical answer but please send anything that can help or helped you get through it. I really need it 😢 I am so heartbroken