Tag: mouse squeaks

Just wanted to say I really appreciated the bedridden witch posts when I stumbled across them awhile back. The series was super validating to my own practice and gave me lots of new ideas. I revisit them occasionally. I shared the master post with another chronically ill witch recently and they teared up because they had felt so out of touch with their practice over the last couple years with all the lyme treatments and hospitalizations.

Oh I’m so glad! That was my goal with creating them, being bedridden and/or energy restricted can really mess with all aspects of your life and you shouldn’t be forced to give up your craft because of it! I was at risk of falling out of touch witch my practice, that’s why I started this blog – it keeps me motivated and in a supportive, understanding community! Thank you so much for sending this ask, it made my day ❤

Hi! If you’re ok with answering: How do doctors view chronic lyme in your country? Were I’m from it’s kind of seen as a “non-disease”, and a lot of people who suspect they have it go abroad to seek treatment. I’ve had multiple health problems since my lyme infection 4 years ago and must doctors I see just kind of shrug and say that chronic lyme is a myth. Do doctors take you seriously/give you the help you need? Sorry if this is to personal a question! Lots of love!

Oh I’m totally fine with answering most asks about my chronic illness, as long as it isn’t something that’s excessively personal!

As a whole, the United States does acknowledge that Lyme Disease is a thing you can get here, and that it can get to a stage where it’s chronic. It often is called “Post-Treatment Lyme Disease”, which is semi-inaccurate because it only applies to the people who got antibiotics for Lyme in the first few weeks of having it and didn’t successfully get rid of it, so it became chronic. Many of us weren’t aware of/didn’t present the early symptoms so we never got antibiotics.

That being said, just because they believe you can get it in this country does not mean they’re good at believing you, diagnosing you or treating you. The CDC has ridiculously overstrict criteria for diagnosis and many people simply can’t fit that. Even if they have Lyme. Apparently the person who wrote the criteria didn’t believe in chronic Lyme. (But it’s certainly better than having to travel to other countries to find someone who will take you seriously, which is ridiculous…)

I saw many, many, many doctors who refused to test me for Lyme because I never presented the bullseye rash. Others tested me but ran the tests that would always provide negatives because they don’t actually test everything they need to. It was only when I started seeing a naturopath that she actually ran some of the right tests to show that I had a bunch of co-infections that are extremely common with Lyme, and we both agreed that the symptoms fit. It took me going to a Lyme specialist naturopath to get the official diagnosis (this May, years after fighting for a diagnosis!) which even fits the ridiculous CDC criteria so there’s no way anyone can say I don’t have it!

So, Western Med doctors completely failed me, and naturopaths believed me and caught the infections when it was nearly too late. I’m not saying that all Western Medicine docs are bad, but I’ve yet to find one in my area that’s decently educated on Lyme Disease. And that terrifies me, because Lyme is becoming so prominent in the states that people are calling it the next epidemic and people deserve to be believed in and properly treated.

I watched this really interesting documentary on YouTube about Lyme Disease in Australia (where it’s thought you can’t get it). It’s an hour and thirty minutes long but worth the watch if you’re interested in learning how shitty healthcare is with Lyme. (^For people who don’t have Lyme, or for people who do!^)

Hi! I saw your post about doing research, and I actually would love to take this opportunity to ask if you could recommend some good witchy astrology blogs! I’m having some results be extremely confusing and I’m hoping you have some recommendations that might help me clear it up!

Ooh great question! Astrology is one of those things that requires so much base research and memorization that I never put the effort in, and don’t pay super close attention to. So I went through my astrology tag on my blog and found some of the OPs of posts I’ve reblogged in the past:

I’d HIGHLY recommend searching through the astrology tags on tumblr, there’s so many wonderful, dedicated blogs out there! There’s also a lot of helpful posts in the tag: #astrology basics. Hope this gives you a good starting point ❤ 

(I also welcome astrology blogs to comment/promote themselves on this post!)

And apologies to all my mutuals who I forgot post about astrology! My memory is a piece of crap sometimes!

Hi, I’m a baby witch and right-now I really only worship nature. I was wondering do I have to worship a deity or is worshiping just nature okay? Thank you for your time :) (Please forgive me if the question does not make sense or if you have a hard time understanding it, english is not my mother tongue.)

You do not need to worship any deities to be a witch. A lot of witches don’t include religion and/or worship in their crafts at all 💕

Hi, I was the breakup ask! I’m sorry for not doing not research before sending you an ask. That’s something I actually do try to be conscious of /: I think what was driving me to ask you specifically was my wanting to know if you had any tried and true spells in *your* mind as opposed to a web search- but the phrasing didn’t make that super obvious. Also you’re not obligated to fix my or someone elses problems! Ever!! I hope I didnt give that impression either. Again I’m super sorry about that.

It’s totally fine, it’s something that’s been coming up a lot which is why there’s a couple posts about it on my blog – they weren’t targeted at you specifically and I apologize if they came across that way! And apologies for the misunderstanding, the problem with our main communication being writing on here is that sometimes things get misread or lost in our own personal translations. 

The closest thing I have to what you’re asking is this spell:

This spell has been super helpful for me, but a little edit I haven’t made is if you’re flushing paper down the toilet it should be toilet paper, not regular paper! You could also burn the paper. Hope this helps!

Are there any spells for falling out of love with someone…lol? I got dumped 6 months ago and I’ve been trying my hardest to learn from it and improve myself and my behavior and such. Like really trying to respond to the situation healthily (allowing myself to feel sad too, ofc) but I still miss him and love him so much /: it sometimes feels like it’ll never go away.

A lot of stuff shows up if you search “falling out of love spell” using the tumblr search function. Here, I’ll link it for you!

Hello 🍁 I just want to tell you how mich I appreciate and am thankful for the personal investment you put in the community here. I’ve been a witch since far far away, but it’s only when I came to witchblr that I found some sense of how it’d be to help each other, and you’re a great example. And I saw your post about self-education before sending an ask, and I couldn’t agree more. Boundaries are such an important thing, too much forgotten. Anyway, just sending good vibes on your way. Ty 🧡

I appreciate you acknowledging the investment I put in. I certainly don’t do it for the acknowledgement but it is nice all the same! Sometimes I don’t think people realize how much energy I allot to this blog. I’m glad I’m able to be one of the many wonderful examples! And thank you, setting healthy boundaries is important and I hope people start bringing more of that into their lives!

Thank you so much for this kind message, it sat in my inbox for a while because I wasn’t quite sure how to respond ❤ I hope you have a wonderful day filled with happiness and contentedness!