What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.
Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.