Morbid Outlook - Ask Witch Hazel - Readers' Questions: Binding, Dealing with Depression & Faith

Hello,
I go to school with a girl who’s very rude and likes to hurt other people’s feelings, and doesn’t care for other people’s feeling. She acts like nothing bothers her, but I can tell that some things do. For example, one of my good friends had recently dated an ex-boyfriend of hers and she became very jealous and said a lot of ignorant things about my friend. I don’t want to get back at her for what she has done, I am just getting a very strong feeling of evil, I guess you could call it. So, I’m just looking for a binding spell, that will possible keep her from doing any more harm.
Thank you for your time,
Alicia

One of the most simple binding spells to conduct that harms none is as follows. Write down the person’s name on a small piece of paper. Get a small bottle with a leak proof lid, such as an empty medicine bottle. Put the paper in it and fill it almost to the top with dark coffee. Once you have done that, close the top and hold the bottle in your dominant hand. Focus on visualizing that person being frozen in the bottle. When you feel you have poured all the energy you can into that bottle, put it in the back of your freezer and leave it there.

This simple spell has always worked for me. The person in question somehow always managed to leave my environment, whether it was due to a move, a job change, a school change or just fate. In any event, it is strong enough to make the one who is bothering you leave your life for good.

Hi. Over the last two years I have had a lot of personal and academic problems which drove me to be depressed. I went to my doctor and he gave me pills which really helped me balancing my serotonine levels. Nowadays I’m quite well but I still feel depressed sometimes. I start crying for no reason, I anger easily, and sometimes feel as there is nothing good in my life. Fortunately I think about it and relax my mind, but I see it as reoccuring shadows of a depressed mind. I have been told that you never will recover from a depression.

Now my life is fine. I have a little job to pay for university. I feel better than two years ago, but as I said, sometimes the past comes back into my daily routine. I had been a Catholic, but I disagree with their practices and opinions. I’m so lost. I still have faith, I can’t believe that there is nothing, there must be something more, but I don’t know. I investigated religions, ways of thinking, Buddhism, Hinduism... Could Wicca help a person like me? I want something to believe, something good, something that tells me that being good person is a way of life and it has recompense. I don’t like to hear that if I’m not a good person I will go to hell or things like that, being better just because it’s better for me. I don’t know if I explained so well but actually my feelings about gods, faith and death are turbulent. I want to keep my mind balanced, because I think it affects my behaviour.

Thank you very much for everything you do. You really help me to keep the faith in something good.

Sounds like you may still be having a problem with depression. The first thing you need to do is go back to the doctor and let him or her know how the medicine is working. Not all medicines work the same with everyone and you may need an adjustment.

As far as religion for depression, only you can decide for your life what it is you need. Sometimes just sitting quietly by a tree in a field can give you great comfort. For many goths, sitting alone in a graveyard helps to bring about much needed mental space.

For what it is worth, don’t force yourself to believe anything. Just tell your higher power to take over and let it be done. In time, the answers will come to you about what you need to do and how to go on living a happy and fulfilling life.

Hi, I’m 15 and I hate my life. I’m a Christian goth at heart, but my mom and step dad won’t let me dress in black and wear my black makeup. What do I do? I want my parents to see that this is me and that I can still be a Christian and gothic too. What should I do to get them to understand me?
Mal

Have you sat down and had a heart to heart with them? Find out why they don’t approve. What disturbs them about it? Are they afraid that others may get the wrong ideas about you? There is no conflict between the gothic subculture and Christianity, and if you want to be treated like an adult, and a responsible person, I’d suggest simply talking to them, calmly, like an adult.

Take a deep breath. You’re only 15, meaning that this struggle between you and your folks is not likely last very long. It’s natural for teenagers to rebel against their parents. You are a minor, and while living under your parents’ roof, you do have to abide by their wishes and follow the rules. In a few years, you’ll be ready to start college or trade school, move out, find work and pursue your life and be able to make your own rules.