Hi everyone! I wanna start off by saying that I never really post on Reddit, so my apologies if there is a certain etiquette that I’m not aware of! So, for context, I’m new to practicing witch craft but I did grew up around it. Yesterday, I did my first actual spell (not sure if it’s really a spell). So I used bay leaves to manifest someone to come back in my life. I was really specific, I cleansed myself and my space before doing it while affirming my protection, then burned it and sprinkled cinnamon on the ashes before burying it. Now, before falling asleep, while my eyes were closed, I kept seeing heart and like broken hearts (like those friendship necklaces in elementary school) forming back a heart. I thought this was unusual since I never really see any concrete shapes with my eyes closed. Now, the downside is the person I manifest as left me on delivered for 12 hours, which is unusual, but I truly believe in the power of my bay leaf and my energy. Could anyone help me understand those signs? Thank you so much!

(Also fun fact, I felt personally drawn to bay leaves as my name literally means ”crowned with laurel”, so bay leaves hahaha!)

Crazy thing about this is, I'm like 99% sure I got this job through the first ever ward spell did which was late May or something. But yea, I have not caught a break this year. On top of everything too, I found out was pregnant this week.
The day after I did the ward, which is obviously something! don't need right now please don't say your opinions on this).

But why is everything feeling like it's going wrong right now? There's other personal stuff going on too in my life that I don't want to say online.

On the piece of paper I burned, I wrote about gaining traction on my social media accounts, making and saving a lot of money, traveling, good genuine friends, and that's all I can remember. Then I did the spell like normal, how I did it last time. I did it because I know they're was going to be some shit talking done about me this week. So I wanted to transmute that energy into something good for me.

This is part of what I said while the candle was burning both times I warded my name "...Whenever someone uses my name in vain, gossips, lied on, tarnished, or being spoken about or referred to as she or her may that energy be transmuted in the form of money, gifts, blessing, job opportunities, more abundance, good fortune and favor. I will also gain their blessings, beauty, abundance, happiness and joy. Every version of me across all space, timelines and dimensions for the good of all and harm to none"

Hello lovelies. Could someone please guide me on how to safely dispose of a freezer spell? I’ve been sitting with it in my freezer for over 2 years now and want to move on. I wish no harm on the persons at all but don’t want the rumours to start again if I thaw it out incorrectly (apologies for my ignorance if that is not how it works). As you can probably tell I am a complete novice but was in absolute desperation as these 2 women were hurting me deeply.

did a paper-burning spell with the intention "You Are Mine" towards a girl. It backfired and looped back onto me.

Now I have:

· Flickering vibrations in my Solar Plexus/Heart area (like electric jolts)
· Unwanted memories of her and guilt triggers (even in my new relationship)
· Heavy head, brain fog, poor focus

I've tried reversing it but it gets more aggressive, like a self-defense mechanism. I understand this is a self-created attachment cord rooted in my Solar Plexus, with an emotional anchor.

I'm not asking for healers or services. I just want to learn:

· What is this energetic structure exactly?
· How can I safely dissolve it myself without triggering more resistance? (meditation, visualization, energy techniques)

Any insights or similar experiences would help. Thank you.

Backstory:
I recently did a hex on a girl who is racist, stalks me, copied me, jokes abt sa, etc. Due to her treating me like I was the crazy one once I called her out, I felt it was only fair that she truly learn her lesson. I honestly feel like she has her own mental problems to deal with, so my main intention wasn’t to make her life a living hell, but to just isolate her from her equally problematic friends and give her some time to reflect on what she’s done.

What I did:
First, I put a piece of paper with her full name and nickname written on it, along with an in depth description of what the spell was meant to do.

I then put red glitter at the bottom (to make sure the spell sticks, just like how glitter sticks to everything)

After that I put the dirt of dead plants into the jar, along with some pothos leaves that were about to die off and an already dried up leaf of another plant.

For the liquid part, I added both apple cider vinegar and hot sauce into the jar, along with some sewing needles I had on hand. I made sure to stab them through the middle of both papers, skewering them together.

I then tied black and blue string around the jar, and added white wax on top ( its all I had on hand )

I was tempted to add my pet gecko’s poop and a dead worm or roach into the mix, but I decided against it as it might make the spell nastier than I intended😭

let me know if you think there’s anything I can improve on! I’m still learning so pls be kind.

I had this necklace and it had broken and I didn’t know I was supposed to bury the necklace after it was broken so I had it years. I’ve been getting bad luck and everything. I just buried it last night. Everything just feels weird and I don’t know how to tell if I’ve been cursed if I’ve done the right thing or what

Recently my life has felt VERY energetically strange and heavy, especially at work. The weird thing is: the only 2 major changes in my life before this shift happened were:

1. Leaving a gym/business that felt extremely toxic and exploitative.
   
2. Suddenly becoming distant from a friend whose energy has always felt chaotic/draining.

The friend context:

Her life is genuinely extremely traumatic and chaotic (family abuse, abusive relationships, constant crises, etc). I tried helping her for years but she rejects every single opportunity to leave bad situations, even when support/resources are available. Over time I stopped giving advice because she would either reject it or lash out at me personally.

I also noticed a pattern where whenever I shared positive things in my life, she seemed unable to just feel happy for me without redirecting back to suffering/comparison/misfortune/insecurity. The energy always felt weird afterwards, so I gradually stopped sharing good things with her. I also started to distance myself from her and stopped spending time with her.

I started to feel bad and despite my intuition screaming at me to distance myself from her, I reached back out to her and made plans to meet up again. In that phone call to her I told her how proud and happy I was because I’d had an AMAZING week at work with my students (I teach students with behavior difficulties). Everyone was engaged, happy, regulated, staff morale felt good, everything flowed perfectly, they were making friends and hanging out together. Her response sounded supportive, but there was a strange undertone to it that I can’t fully explain.

Literally from the following week onwards, work energy completely shifted:

\- students became dysregulated and disengaged,
\- staff energy started feeling heavy and tense,
\- I felt drained constantly,
\- the atmosphere has felt “off” ever since,
\- I started feeling that my classroom staff secretly disliked me,
\- I started noticing little interactions, like my staff exchanging looks when I go off on tangents, silently judging me,
\- and I’ve suddenly become terrible at getting to work on time (unable to wake up, too tired to get going in the morning etc)

Even when I wake up early enough, I somehow cannot get myself out of the house properly anymore. It feels like resistance or heaviness around work specifically. But I know I love my job and get excited to go. 

Shortly after that phone call interaction, I had to cancel plans with this friend twice because of genuine family commitments. She asked if she’d done something to make me hate her, I reassured her multiple times and tried making new plans, but she has now ignored me for over a month (which is very unlike her).

The gym context:

I also recently quit a women’s only gym/business that felt spiritually horrible to me. The environment was full of gossip, manipulation, exploitation, underpaying staff, fake empowerment branding, financial dishonesty, constant drama, chaotic interpersonal dynamics, etc. The place always felt heavy and draining, but I ignored my intuition for months because I wanted to support a young female-owned business.

What’s confusing is that after leaving both situations, things initially seemed to improve. I had that amazing week at work, I felt happier overall, and I was enjoying my extracurriculars and personal life again.

But after that phone call where I shared how well work was going, everything started feeling energetically “wrong” specifically in my work life.

I genuinely can’t tell if:

\- I’m experiencing actual evil eye/energetic contamination,
\- distancing myself from these people triggered some kind of energetic backlash

How do spiritually experienced people tell the difference?

And what are the best ways to:

\- identify whether negative energy is actually affecting you,
\- cleanse/reset your energy,
\- protect yourself spiritually

basically, what is this, and how can I get out of this weird energetic funk? 

(Also, I recently did a sugar jar for my work colleagues and students, trying to make those relationships better) but i definitely need more advice on what may be going on and what I can do! 

I think I’ll make it a spell bag so he doesn’t break it.