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Like I want to ward against seeing myself as a victim/getting stuck in the victim mentality. Which causes me to not take responsibility for myself and stay stuck in the past/ruminating on anger and pain and revenge, instead of building a better life for myself.
I was thinking I could add that intention to my shield, or do something with removing the energy from me and then healing up the wound in myself. But maybe there is a better way.
Edit: I just remembered about fire ceremony. Someone taught me how to do that and I totally forgot. That’s supposed to be a great way to let go of things and let the fire to the heavy lifting in supporting you to move on/let go
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Does anybody know how you could go about warding yourself against a particular energy? Like keeping a particular tendency about yourself you don’t like at bay with some kind of shield? Or even also warding your home against it.
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For rumination:
Pick your soul stone. Walk a distance from your house, at least 500 meters, then from there try to walk a spiral shape around your house such that it ends at your door (you can use gmaps to draw the route).
Once at home place your stone on a shelf by the door, it may not touch the ground.
When the rumination increases again it’s time to charge the stone again.
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You own tendencies are part of yourself, wards won’t work much. Shadow work may be a better approach to root out where your victim mentality comes from and figure out how to deal with it. If you tend to ruminate, then you’re already trying on a subconscious level to do this, but you might have to be more intentional and go deeper.
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i would go at it in 2 possible ways.
cancel out/ward out the thought = mental ward, simple spell that basically helps you forget something, or distance a thought from yourself
counter the thought with its opposite = affirmation spells + meditative spells to change how you perceive yourself
you should choose which one suits best your situation, but you can integrate both. As for a ward on your home unless you specifically have trouble warding that mentality when you’re at home/your home has some sort of link to this situation i wouldnt bother warding my home. you better off concentrating on keeping up the mental wards, as they ask for maintenance and an effort to keep up
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You’ve got great advice here so far, but I wanted to add my own too, as someone overcome by anger for too long (divorce)
I’ve just recently discovered and applied the concept of being the witness of your thoughts. A fear or an infuriating memory/thought pops up, you acknowledge it for what it is and release it.
The easiest example I have is summer=spiders and at bedtime, I’d have those anxieties and recall scary spider in the bed stories. So I’ve started acknowledging the thought saying, ya this is just my fear coming back and let it go and think about something else. Sometimes I add a visualization of thoughts leaving my mind.
Being able to acknowledge your intrusive thoughts (anger, fear) sort of as a third party (a witness) has allowed me to not get swept up in that anger cycle or paranoia. This, and general cleansing and protection has made a night and day difference and I hope for the very best for you too. The very notion that you’ve identified this as a problem in your life starts you worlds ahead of the game! Good luck.
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Shadow work and self care. (So important to do both together) and figure out what triggers the mentality
Write down a situation where you felt victimized. Beat for beat exactly how you remember it happening. Burn the paper you wrote it on and say *The past is gone and can’t be changed. I take my future into my hands and choose my way*
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I was watching a YouTube video about banishing a bad habit. Might be a different angle or idea 🙂
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Witchcraft isnt at odds with therapy OP, maybe try a sweetening spell with all good things about you or try to banish a list of thoughts, but also if you find yourself ruminating that’s not a nice way to live and therapy works wonders 💕 I speak from my own experience and but Im just very new to this practice.
