I was told I am cursed?

SonyaB

Hi there, I went to see a recommended psychic and this lady was adamant that everything bad that's ever happened to me is a result of a curse on me and wanted $500 to remove it, otherwise it's another 7 years until happiness for me.

What are people's opinions/experience in this?? I'd love to hear your stories!!

Thanks, Sonya
 

danieljuk

I think pretty much everyone on the forum will tell you it's a scam! the oldest fortune teller fraud trick in the book, everything difficult in your life is a curse and only they can lift it if you pay them loads of money!

I am sorry you had this happen to you Sonya :(

I think it's also interesting to look at your belief or view of curses. I really try not to believe an object, a person, a family or a location is cursed. It's just such a negative idea and an excuse for either loads of bad things happening at once or just bad luck. It also can be used to excuse personal responsibility for their actions.

To live a positive life I try to challenge them logically and not believe in them. I also never tell someone I am reading for that they are cursed or that there is nothing outside of their control bringing such a negative time, with no hope or positives. I have seen some cultures believe you have bad karma, maybe from coming through in a tarot reading or an astrological chart. I think it's so negative to give a person no hope, they cannot change anything because it's outside of their control, I always challenge that idea personally :)

Everything that has happened to you was sadly just bad luck or the result of your bad decisions / choices. What can you learn from it, to move in a more positive direction in future? We all have bad times in our life and eventually they will improve, as the wheel keeps turning. Blessings
 

ravenest

I agree that is a scam as it is overpriced ... heck ! I will remove it for $300 !
 

ravenest

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Everything that has happened to you was sadly just bad luck or the result of your bad decisions / choices. What can you learn from it, to move in a more positive direction in future? We all have bad times in our life and eventually they will improve, as the wheel keeps turning. Blessings

yes, that is a positive outlook . But in the past, say, in astrology , for example, people often 'read it like it was' < looks at astrological chart > ... "Oh dear .... you're stuffed ! "

'Born under a bad sign' they would say . Not much you can do about it .

Well, one CAN be positive and hope for the best. But a good analysis of your fortune should be able to show you this and work around it or use 'bad influences' to your advantage and find 'alternative pathways' towards your goals using the skills and good fortune you have in other areas .

There is more than one way to skin a cat ;)
 

Padma

That was a money grab. In fact, that kind of fortune teller is illegal. Please report it to the appropriate authorities!

Man, I hate this kind of "psychic" - gives the rest of us a bad name! :mad:
 

MissNine

I think any psychic predicting curses and selling you the remedy, instead of giving you the live well suggestion the other member suggested is trying to work you for money because they are a con artist preying on those they hope are vulnerable.

She told you that she's able to help you for the low, low price of $500? And with a 7 year guarantee?! Two can play at that game. If you wanted to call her out on being a con artist, tell her to put the deal in writing, including a money back guaranty so that when you have any instance bad luck in the next 7 years, you'll be able to demand your money back. Then, expect this "psychic" chase you out of her place with lightening speed. Frauds don't like being accountable.

The only bad luck you had was just meeting a bad apple. Sorry it happened to you.
 

Apollonia

I wonder if I'm the only forum member who actually believes in curses, individual and familial, intentional and unintentional, tended and untended. I know how to recognize them, how to perform them, and how to remove them, and I have done so for clients.

However--I have never told a client he or she was cursed; in every case, they have come to me with that feeling and asked if there was a remedy. And sometimes clients came to me certain that they were cursed, and I found they were not.

I personally would never charge more for this service than for any other somewhat time consuming and possibly hazardous energy work. My guides tell me how much to charge, and the most I've ever charged was US $125. I'm thinking that the last one I did for someone, I charged $90 for. Unless they can tell you why it will cost so much (which relates back to the "hazardous" thing), anyone who charges much above $250 is probably scamming you, as is anyone who tells you that you are cursed when you didn't ask.

Checking in, I do not feel that you are cursed, although I feel there is some past life energy with a negative thoughtform attached to it (such as, "I'll always be alone," or "Success always eludes me," or something like that) which probably affects one major area of your life and is kind of a bummer, but something that most people have in some area or other, and it wouldn't mess your life up near as much as an actual curse. But even if she were legit, this woman probably wouldn't be able do anything about that, if she wasn't tuned in enough to recognize it for what it was.
 

Barleywine

If I were from a culture that practices Hoodoo, I might believe in such things. I'm not, so I don't. I don't discount "sensitives" who are able to detect negative attachments, usually of an astral nature, but in those cases it seems there could be some culpability on the part of the victim. I know there can be psychic vampires who leach the positive energy out of their targets through their relentless neediness (I've encountered a few), but that seems more automatic than malefic.
 

Bonny

Not you Sonnie!!!

Cut the chords (energetically) with that person and work with some kind of protection from the tax on energy she is trying to posit.

Bless !!!

B x

May you be showered with ten thousand blessings !!!
 

ravenest

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Checking in, I do not feel that you are cursed, although I feel there is some past life energy with a negative thoughtform attached to it (such as, "I'll always be alone," or "Success always eludes me," or something like that) .

yeah ... except 3/4 of the western world feels like that .... or 'something like that' at some stage .

it would be hard to miss with that .... 'feeling about ' someone.