Was it cruel to raise my voice when my cat kept climbing on me?

[Joe917]

Im usually welcoming when it comes to my cat laying on me, but I woke up in the middle of the night. My face was all oily, and I needed to charge my phone, so I had to get up to wash my face soon, and charge my phone. My cat tried like 5 times to crawl onto me in 2 minutes. I lost my temper. I didn't yell at her, but raised my voice, and kind of jumped, and went "NO ETSY!" And she jumped off.

[SueShe]

I personally find it cruel to raise your voice or shout at an animal because animals don't understand the reason for your anger.

If a pet has never been properly trained to do (or avoid to do) certain things, it will most likely not realize why you are acting the way you do.

At least, you did not beat it up because I would have absolutely no understanding why you would even do something like that.

Some cats tend to be playful and if you never taught the cat to refrain from climbing on you, it will not know why you raised your voice and stressed it.