Okay this isn’t like a super anxiety related post, but I keep getting this reoccurring thought that will not go away no matter what. 

My cat got out this morning without my dads gf knowing and he was outside for 4 hours until I saw him. Luckily I had therapy on video call today and I went downstairs otherwise I wouldn’t have even seen him. I spotted him walking on my porch and going back under the fence to walk around again, but when I went out there to get him he popped his head back under the fence and looked at me and meowed

Ever since I got him inside though I’ve been panicking like what if this actually isn’t him, cause my dad’s girlfriend said there’s another car around here that looks like him, and my cat doesn’t go out much and never unsupervised, so maybe he did find his way back, but what if it isn’t him. He has the same white marks on his stomach and chest, he acts the same, everything, but I can’t help but wonder.

Like I know it’s him, but I’m still paranoid it’s not him, even with all the facts. Does anyone know if there’s a way to really tell cause I can’t stop worrying about it