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@micahmoonkitten

♋️ • NB • Bi • T1D • Artist MicahMoonKitten.blogspot.com

One of the reasons that my book of shadows focuses so much on the pagan/wiccan/Roman/etc... calendar is that I use witchcraft as a coping mechanism for my ADHD and anxiety.

I get a paralyzing feeling of dread when I am under pressure so I stop cleaning my house or accomplishing important tasks or feeding myself. I literally let my tooth rot until it fell out of my mouth on its own. I can get things done, but not the things I actually NEED to do.

So I use the ritual of witchcraft to help form traditions and habits that help me take care of myself!

Matronalia? Perfect time to do a breast exam

Kallynteria? Today is the day to vacuum the apartment in honor of Athena

It's a full moon? Take a fäncy bath, then scrub the tub or pick the clothes up off the bathroom floor!

Alfarblót? In honor, of the goddess Freya's chariot pulled by cats, I will get my oil changed.

It's kind of silly, but if I disguise actual tasks as silly things without any sense of pressure or immediacy and spread them out, I trick my brain into wanting to do them. And if that's not magic, I don't know what is.