🌙 How To Hex Yourself With Self-Doubt (And Break The Curse)
You don’t need some jealous ex-coven to hex you, darling. you’re more than capable of cursing yourself. I know, because I did it for years. Self-doubt is the oldest hex there is. It slips under your skin quiet as grave dirt, roots itself right at the base of your spine, and tells you your magic isn’t real, your words aren’t worth writing down, your altar is silly, your intuition is broken.
Self-doubt’s clever like that. It doesn’t always come all at once, it drips. A friend laughs when you tell them about your spell jar? Drip. You scroll past someone’s perfect crystal shelf on Tumblr and yours looks like a half-finished thrift store haul? Drip. You miss one full moon ritual and decide you’re “not really a witch”? Drip, drip, drip.
Before you know it, you’ve hexed yourself. You’ve bound your own power. You’ve convinced your bones you’re not worthy of the craft that’s already in your blood.
So. Let’s break that curse, shall we?
🕯️ 1. Name The Hex
First, drag it into the light. Write it down, every nasty little lie you whisper to yourself when you’re alone at your altar.
“I’m not witchy enough.” “I don’t know enough.” “My magic is weak.” “Other witches know what they’re doing. I’m faking it.”
Say them out loud. I know, it feels sour in your mouth. Good. You can’t banish what you won’t name.
🌿 2. Track The Source
Self-doubt has roots. Whose voice is that in your head? A parent who scoffed at you? An ex who thought witchcraft was “cringe”? A witchfluencer who made you feel like your practice isn’t aesthetic enough?
When I did this the first time, I realized half my doubt came from my own perfectionism, the other half was from a snide comment an old friend made about my ‘baby spells.’ That’s all it took to bind myself up for years.
Name the roots. They don’t get to live in your head rent-free anymore.
🔮 3. Craft a Counterspell
No elaborate Latin incantations here, you just need a simple reversal. For each lie, write its opposite. Example:
“My magic is weak.” → “My magic is alive and learning.” “I’m not witchy enough.” → “I am witch enough. I am the witch.”
Speak these aloud. Yes, out loud, your voice is your wand.
🗝️ 4. Do a Simple Unhex Ritual
This is my favorite. It’s messy, but good witchcraft always is.
Write your self-doubt statements on scraps of paper.
Hold them over a candle flame safely, witchling. and let them burn in a fireproof bowl.
As they turn to ash, say: “I break this hex. I return my power to my bones, my blood, my breath. So it is.”
Bury the ashes outside, or scatter them in the wind. Let the earth or air take what you no longer need.
🌙 5. Tend Your Power, Daily
One ritual won’t keep the hex away forever. Doubt is sticky. So make a habit of cleansing your mind as much as your space.
Pull a daily card just for confidence.
Keep a “Witch Wins” page in your grimoire, every tiny success goes there.
Surround yourself with witches who celebrate your messy, real practice.
Speak your counterspells when you catch that old hex creeping back in.
🕸️ A Final Whisper
You were never meant to be perfect. Your witchcraft will grow gnarled and wild, just like you. Let it.
And remember, you’re not weak for doubting. You’re strong for noticing. You’re powerful for naming. And you’re magic for breaking the curse.
See you in the shadows, always.
– Nyra
