#mentally ill witch

[mossy-groves-blog]

People online make witchcraft look like you need to be mentally stable constantly to be valid in your practice

It’s stupid

Deities understand mental health they’ve been around for a while

A lot of people don’t realize how much energy spells can take you are not a bad practitioner just because spells drain you

And the amount of spell work you do doesn’t make you a better or worse practitioner

#witchblr #beginner witch #mentally ill witch

[esoteric-chaos]

Impostor syndrome within the witchcraft community is something that needs to be spoken about more as a topic as a whole. Especially in a space where mental health is so vital as many of us struggle with it.

Not only amongst witchy creators but anyone who practices. Everyone’s voices matter, everyone has important information to teach and speak about.

Yeah maybe your altar isn’t as “pretty” as that Pinterest one but let’s be honest. Witchcraft is downright ugly looking sometimes. I know my spells aren’t aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. It gets the job done though!

Sure that one witchy creator might know a bunch but maybe you have a perspective they didn’t think about? Or maybe they aren’t as knowledgeable in your area that you focus on and that’s so cool! Something you can share with others and focus on (if you can share it).

Especially as a spoonie witch? Our crafts can look so different from those with higher energy or able bodies. Please don’t beat yourself up if you can’t do a daily practice. You’re still a practitioner no matter what.

There’s so many different perspectives to look at. You matter, your voice matters and so does your experiences. Please don’t feel dejected by what you see online. People love and appreciate what you put out there. What should matter is how important your craft is to you and that it’s so uniquely you. Nobody can take that from you.

#witchcraft #witch #electic witch #witchblr #paganism #spoonie witch #spoonie magic #mentally ill witch #witchy things #witchy post #witchy tip

[crazycatsiren]

Mentally ill witches: You are so valid.

Your mental illnesses don't make you bad witches. Struggling with being mentally ill doesn't make you less witches. Your mental illnesses getting in the way of your witchcraft practices doesn't make you weak witches. Taking medications and going to therapy don't make you not magical enough witches.

#disabled #actually mentally ill #mad punk #mentally ill witch #witchblr #mental illnesses

[ouachitafolkwitch]

April 8th, 2024 New Moon Total Solar Eclipse Manifestations:

This celestial event is in the sign of Aries, the zodiac’s symbol of release & rebirth, taking action, endings & new beginnings, resistance & revolution. This eclipse is a prime time for humanity to do the work to abolish oppression and manifest universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation for all.

Under the power of this eclipse, We are focusing our thoughts and actions to manifest an end to the oppressive old world during this 21st century to bring in a new world and reality of universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation. We are all awakening to the divinity that lives within each and every one of us, inspiring us to take action to recycle the old oppressive world and transmute its negativity into the new universally liberated world that we all long for.

During this 21st century, We will put an end to the ongoing Palestinian genocide and colonization of Palestine, as well as the Zionist regime, Christian nationalism, Christian supremacy, Christofascism, and more. All individuals, organizations, corporations, and entities that enable Palestinian (and all other) oppression will have their influence, resources, capital, and power banished from them; these enablers will also receive sufficient divine punishment for their numerous crimes.

The Collective will continue to awaken, being enlightened with divine light, wisdom, and spiritual clarity. We are all open to channeling and transmitting the loving, peaceful, and liberating energy of the divine for the highest good of all! We will no longer support any individual, organization, corporation, or entity that enables and supports any form of oppression. The Collective is screaming for Palestine, Hawai’i, Turtle Island, Aotearoa, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Lebanon, Turkey, India, Iran, Iraq, Australia—DURING THIS 21ST CENTURY, EVERYONE WILL BE FREE TO EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSAL LIBERATION WE HAVE ALL WORKED FOR!

With the renewing power of this eclipse, We the Collective will abolish all forms of oppression that run rampant throughout our universe, including the colonization of Turtle Island, Aotearoa, Palestine, Australia, and other lands; slavery, violence, land theft, war, crusades, genocide, cultural erasure, ecocide, racism, sexism, queerphobia, xenophobia, capitalism, classism, ableism, poverty, mass hunger, homelessness, and more. All these forms of oppression will cease to exist in the new reality of universal liberation thanks to the perseverant efforts of the Collective.

Humanity and all other organisms that We share the earth with (with the help of our ancestors, spirit guides, deities, what have you-) will collectively do the work to manifest us all a reality of universal love, peace, compassion, joy, healing, & liberation; this reality includes ecological restoration, land back, and decolonization; liberation of all indigenous peoples, cultures, lands, and languages; abolishing all forms of religious and spiritual oppression including sexism, queerphobia, xenophobia, racism, colonization, “mission work,” compulsory spiritual conversion, genocide, and more; abolishing capitalism and all other oppressive economic systems; promoting food sovereignty, climate change mitigation, and poverty reduction through local sustainable farming and foraging, native agroecology, agroforestry, and regenerative/indigenous farming; making sure everyone has a healthy home; taking care of ourselves *and* others; ensuring the survival of rural communities; ensuring the survival of all life on our planet.

In the 21st century of this Age of Aquarius, the Collective will ultimately manifest the abolishment of all oppression and the creation of universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation.

And it is so.

#witchcraft #autistic witch #mentally ill witch #neurodivergent witch #green witch #kitchen witch #witches #leftist #land back #indigenous rights #turtle island #decolonisation #indigenous resistance #eclectic pagan #pagan #pagan witch #pagan community #leftist politics #anti capitalism #progressive politics #free gaza #free palestine #decolonization #decolonize your mind #decolonize the world

[raindropsandstardust-blog]

Witchblr!! Do you have any tips for a beginner witch who also happens to be autistic and chronically ill?

I’ve been struggling to keep up with my practice lately so anything is appreciated :)

#begginer witch #chronically ill witch #mentally ill witch #witchy things #autistic witch #spoonie witch #closet witch #witchcraft #pagan witch #hellenic paganism #paganism #pagan #raine rambles

[hiswitchcraft]

Hello :)

I've discovered your blog a day ago or so and been reading through because you make so many good points and just give me a lot to think! And one thing in particular is resonating: talking about witchcraft and mental health! Because I have a mental illness that can lead to auditory and visual hallucinations, so for me it is very important to try to discern and to balance my belief with my fear off getting actively ill again!

I also struggle with people's blanket opinions of "hallucinations and voices and shit are signs of the devine, the other", because its not! Not for me! For me, it's suffering!

So er, yeah, sorry if this is too much or something, but it is a part of the conversation I think we all should have...

I wish you a lovely day,

Donna

Hello there. I was so happy to see this because my ask box has felt a bit empty since it was so busy for a few days. Welcome to my blog. I'm glad you're here. If you have any more questions or need resources just let me know!

Anyways, I was also excited to see this in my inbox because it is another opportunity to open up the discussion for this topic!

"I also struggle with people's blanket opinions of "hallucinations and voices and shit are signs of the divine, the other", because its not! Not for me! For me, it's suffering!" I completely agree with this part and I'm glad you shared this, I think it's really important! I don't experience hallucinations but I do experience paranoia and know many people who experience hallucinations.

I see a lot of people normalizing symptoms of mental illness or things like ringing in your ears or symptoms of other conditions and I can't think of anything else that makes me quite as agitated. This is especially something I notice on tiktok. There's been several trends in the witchtok community that just downright seem like the normalization of hallucinations and conditions that cause them. it often seems like videos about it are meant to drawn people who experience this and don't realize it and it's very worrisome to me.

Auditory and visual hallucinations are not normal! Ringing in your ears is not normal! The law of attraction/assumption is harmful to mentally ill people! I get suspicious of creators who push any of these concepts and more, because people could get hurt.

In addition though, it's not being a very good witch or a teacher in my opinion. Call me a skeptic but it's best in my opinion to assume an experience was of a mundane nature and keep an open mind. People who push these ideas are also not aware of mentally ill people at all.

This was just a bit of a thought dump... I have a post about this topic in my drafts but I've been hesitant to tackle it. I think because this is one of those topics that I feel more comfortable having a back and forth or personal conversation about.

#donna-wants-to-be-an-alien #witch #witchblr #mentally ill witch #mentally ill witches

[cecilianotthesaint]

People hear you do witchcraft and they’re like “are you delusional?” and it’s like

Yeah actually but it doesn’t have anything to do with the magic thing it’s just why my mom makes me go to a psychiatrist every three months

#mentally ill witch #neurodivergent witch #actually delusional #well not recently too bad but #y’know #but like god fuck off #‘you’re so delusional’ #actually bro I make a serious effort to limit that #with a combination of methods #if one of those methods is reading tarot cards? #who cares #rant #sorry lmao #is this funny? #I meant it to be funny #but these are a lot of less funny tags so uh #whatever #witch life #also I’m a grown adult my mom can’t Make me do anything #but meds are nice #and she’d be sad if I didn’t go anymore #so that’s how she makes me ig #anyway funny joke haha

[urlocal-witchy-therapist]

I just ✨love✨ being a mentally ill witch bc it’s like is it my mental illness or is it Mercury Retrograde? wow yes so fun

#mentally ill witch #witchcraft #witch #witch community #witchblr #actually mentally ill #astrology #mercury retrograde #witchcore #witchy things #astro community

[pagan-witch-culture-is]

witch culture is using self-love spells to help give your mentally ill self a pick-me-up.

#disabled culture is #witch culture is #witchblr #witchcraft #witches of tumblr #culture is blog #pagan culture is #pagan witch #pagan witch culture is #witch community #pagan wicca #disabled culture #culture is #mentally ill witch #mentally ill things #mental disorder #disordered witch #culture is post #witchraft #witchcraft culture is #witchcraft community

[amphisia]

Does anyone have resources for folks who practice witchcraft & also have schizophrenia? My searches are turning up dry. I’ve figured some things out for myself but I’m very interested in reading about others’ experiences & advice.

#witchcraft #schizophrenic witch #witchcraft with mental illness #mentally ill witch #i hope these are the right tags

[thatawkwardwitch]

So my anxiety meds are finally starting to work and holy shit

Is this what people without anxiety feel like??? I feel so calm and centered and I can already see the difference in my craft it's amazing

#honestly can't wait to see what it'll be like once I find a mood stabilizer that works #kinda hoping the one I'm currently on ends up working but it's still too soon to tell #kit can talk i guess #witch #withcblr #witchcraft #mentally ill witch #pagan witch #paganism #paganblr #actually gad #actually bipolar

[life-in-the-garden]

It's been a while since I've done any magic. Truth be told I've felt obstructed in my craft since the beginning; I struggle with self-doubt a great deal, and a recent OCD diagnosis has only made me even more skeptical of my own thoughts.

I want to get into spirit work. I've wanted to do so for a while, but have always felt intimidated by it; I don't feel drawn to ancestor veneration, and I've heard that sometimes household spirits can turn nasty if left alone for too long (which is a real risk with me, because my cleaning attempts are... sporadic at best, shall we say).

I felt connected to Uriel, an angel from Christian mythology, but our relationship is primarily that of mentor & student and my academic life as a university student (which is what Uriel is interested in regarding me) is... not going well at the moment. Our relationship is stalling and he doesn't feel like someone I can go to for the kind of guidance and companionship I'm looking for.

I want to connect to the ghost of Laika, a dog who unfairly perished in space in the 1960s for the sake of human technological progress. I get fairly emotional about her on a regular basis, and I think it's time that I got off my butt and found out why I feel so drawn to her.

I dithered over how to do this.

I went as far as shopping around for a new tarot/oracle deck to reserve solely for spirit work, but nothing felt right and I ultimately decided against spending the money. (Looking back, I can see that searching for a new deck was probably a form of procrastination). I struggle with seeing myself as worthy of not just love but even basic tolerance when I can't offer anything substantial in return. I can offer Laika companionship, but not much more, and I have to just hope that that's enough to interest her.

...

I did my reading (a simple three-card spread) with Tillie Walden's Cosmic Slumber tarot:

Cards from left to right: the nine of torches (reversed), the Fool (reversed), the Queen of torches (reversed).

To summarize, the Fool's dog attempting to hold him back from the cliff's edge is Laika. She's willing to work with me, but I won't be the easiest of companions for her. I got a bit of a talking-to regarding my bad habits of skipping classes, which I know I need to rectify, but she's not as cold and distant as Uriel is with me right now.

I'm feeling a lot less alone than I was before! I actually feel a little bit hopeful, even.

#witchcraft #tarot #spirit work #beginner witch #newbie witch #mentally ill witch #witches of tumblr

[lmsr-lilitu-sephiroth]

There's one thing in particular that really makes me believe in divination. It's an odd incident that happened, and I'm still trying to fully wrap my mind around.

It was a bit over ten years ago, after my mom died. I had to get into her email for something I don't quite remember, but she was logged out and I didn't know the password. I used a makeshift pendulum (that I'm pretty sure was the necklace I was wearing; I still do this a lot even though I actually have crystal pendulums). And so I literally divined the password over the computer keyboard. On the first try. I was kind of in shock when I did it, because I really didn't expect it to work. I didn't think to try the security questions because I was in shock and not really thinking straight.

If this sounds ridiculous, that's exactly how I felt. If you're skeptical, I don't blame you. It's just something I felt like sharing because it's such an interesting thing for me.

Nowadays I use my pendulums more for system communication. Because believe it or not, that's the easiest way for me to communicate with my dissociated parts. I still have to be careful, of course, but that's the thing with pendulums. It works as long as I don't let my emotions get the better of me, because then I start to tremble and it throws the whole thing off.

#divination #pendulum work #tw death mention #death mention #dissociative identity disorder #system communication #did system #mentally ill witch #personal experiences

[crazycatsiren]

There are moments when I cast spells while wearing my noise cancelling headphones.

There are moments when I read tarot/oracle cards while nibbling on one of my chew toys.

There are moments when I ride on a burst of energy and reorganize everything in my room, followed by a crash and a low point that leads to me not setting foot in my room for a week.

There are moments when I have to stop a ritual because of triggered memories.

But I'm still a witch. A valid witch. A powerful witch.

And I'm proud of myself for it.

#disabled witch #neurodivergent witch #mentally ill witch #mother witch ramblings #witchblr #spoonie witch #sensory processing disorder #bipolar disorder #cptsd #witches of tumblr #disabled #spoonie #a witch is a witch

[ouachitafolkwitch]

Something funny about being a celto-norse pagan witch living in the US Southern ✨Biiiiible✨ belt (specifically Arkansas) is that in public, when, for example, after checking out with the cashier, you tell them “have a blessed day!”

They automatically usually think you’re Christian; however, did you specify who is doing the blessing?

Nope!

They’re thinking you meant it from YHWH/Jehovah/Jesus/etc. but they don’t know that you actually meant it from yourself or *insert deity here*.

“Have a blessed day!” is a great closeted witch phrase!

#autistic witch #mentally ill witch #neurodivergent witch #disabled witch #hearth witch #norse pagan witch #witch #witchcraft #baby witch #beginner witch #green witchcraft #celticpagan #crystal witch #hedge witch #irish polytheism #welsh polytheist #gaelic polytheism #welsh witch #astrology witch #norse paganism #norse heathen #norse deities #norse witch #irish paganism #irish witch #kitchen witch #eclectic witch

[constantly-in-a-state-of-change]

“Samhain was considered to be a moment when the veil between this world and the otherworld was at its thinnest. Old gods had to be placated with gifts and sacrifice, and the trickery of fairies was an even greater risk than usual. This was a liminal moment in the calendar, a time between two worlds, between two phases of the year, when worshippers were about to cross a boundary but hadn’t yet done so. Samhain was a way of marking that ambiguous moment when you didn’t know who you were about to become, or what the future would hold. It was a celebration of limbo.” 

― Katherine May, Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times

I miss witchcraft :( I remember once, this was a place dedicated to witchy tips and aesthetics. I suppose i just got depressed and didn't have the time, or energy for it anymore. However when Samhain comes close, i am always feeling in a better mood again. This is your sign if you are a mentally ill witch, to not feel less than in your practice. Sometimes the energy you feel is enough. <3

#beginner witch #samhain #halloween #witchyvibes #witchythings #magick #witches #witchcraft #baby witch #pagan #cottage witch #mentalwellness #mentally ill witch #mental illness and witchcraft