When the power feels gone!

“When the Power Feels Gone: For the Witch Who’s Burnt Out, Fading, and Furious”

By Darklady

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Let’s cut the bullshit.

Sometimes, you don’t feel powerful.

Sometimes, the spells don’t hit.

Your altar collects dust, your herbs feel hollow, and your bones ache with a silence you can’t hex away.

And you start to ask:

Am I losing my witch?

No, darling.

You’re not.

You’re tired.

You’re worn.

You’ve given too much without pouring anything back into yourself. That’s not failure. That’s drain. And witches—especially shadow witches—are conduits. When your body is done, your power is paused.

So what do you do?

Strip It Back.

No full ritual.

No layers of prep.

Just one thing.

One herb.

One candle. One whispered curse or chant that cracks the silence.

That’s enough to restart the current.

Feed the Witch.

And I don’t mean soup.

I mean your dark soul.

Read the pages that first made you wild. Watch the film that ignited your shadows. Go touch the dirt. Pour a glass of something dark and say your name out loud like a war cry. You are still here.

Craft Without a Goal.

This isn’t about results. It’s about touch.

Smell.

Flame.

Lace.

Stitch something.

Burn something.

Carve something.

Let the witch in your hands guide you while your mind catches up.

Stop Comparing Your Practice.

If some Instagram witch is doing moonlit pentagram yoga in a silk robe while sipping flower tea—good for her.

You? You’re surviving.

You’re digging through trauma and rage, you’re honoring the ancestors, and you’re casting with dirt under your nails and grief in your throat.

That’s real. That’s power.

Say This Out Loud:

"My power is not gone.

It is resting in the shadows,

waiting for me to remember I’m not here to shine.

I’m here to conjure, devour, rebuild."

You don’t need to fix yourself.

You need to return to yourself.

And when you do?

Oh, they better run.

—Darklady

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