A helplessness release spell for when the world is burning around you
I'm so pissed off. Aren't you? I'm so angry. I want to help those I can't reach and I want to hurt those I can't touch. I try to do my part. I cry. I'm so fucking frustrated and numb at the same time.
I use this spell for when I want to rip out my hair and scream into the void. When watching a video on my phone makes me want to vomit from the injustice.
This spell won't fix the world. But it will help you release the paralysis so you can actually DO something (or rest without guilt).
What you need:
Salt
A candle (any candle)
Paper + pen
Your breath
The spell:
1. Light the candle. Say: "I acknowledge what I cannot control."
2. Write down what's making you feel helpless. The news. The state of the world. The thing you can't fix. Whatever's crushing you. Be specific.
3. Read it out loud. Let yourself feel the weight of it. Don't rush past this part.
4. Say: "I cannot carry the entire world. But I can carry my part."
5. Pour salt in a circle around the candle. This is your boundary. Inside the circle: what you can actually do. Outside: what you have to release because it's not yours to fix.
6. Ask yourself: "What is ONE thing within my control right now?"
Not "save the world." Not "fix everything."
ONE thing. Text a friend. Donate $5. Rest so you can show up tomorrow. Make dinner. Don't look at your feed for an hour.
7. Write that one thing on the back of the paper.
8. Say: "I release what I cannot hold. I commit to what I can."
9. Fold the paper. Place it inside the salt circle next to the candle.
10. Sit with the candle for 3-5 minutes. Just breathe. Watch the flame. Let the helplessness drain out of you.
11. When you're ready, blow out the candle. Say: "I am not powerless. I am doing what I can."
12. Do the one thing you wrote down. Today or tomorrow. Doesn't matter when. Just do it.
13. Throw away the paper (or burn it if you can do it safely).
14. Sweep up the salt. Throw it away or pour it down the drain. You're releasing the boundary—you don't need to hold it anymore.
The point:
You can't fix everything. You're one person.
But helplessness makes you freeze. And freezing helps no one.
This spell breaks the freeze.
It reminds you: You have agency. You have choice. You can do SOMETHING, even if it's small.
And small things compound.
You don't have to save the world today.
You just have to do your part. And you're not alone.
