13 Signs Someone Put a Curse on You (And What To Do About It)

Most people dismiss the idea of curses as superstition. Then they find themselves in a situation that defies every logical explanation — a string of losses that never ends, relationships that collapse without reason, health that deteriorates despite clean test results, opportunities that vanish the moment they appear.

If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. And you are not imagining it.

For over 25 years I have worked with thousands of clients across the world who came to me after exhausting every conventional explanation. Doctors found nothing. Therapists helped temporarily. Financial advisors had no answers. What they all shared was a pattern of suffering too consistent and too targeted to be random.

This article will show you the 13 most reliable signs that a curse has been placed on you, explain how curses work from an energetic standpoint, and tell you exactly what to do if you recognize yourself in these signs.

What Is a Curse?

A curse is a deliberate act of directed negative energy intended to harm a specific person. It can be cast consciously through ritual, prayer, or focused intention, or unconsciously through intense jealousy, hatred, or envy directed at you over time.

In Kabbalistic tradition, which forms the foundation of my practice, curses are understood as energetic intrusions — foreign frequencies that attach to a person’s auric field and interfere with the natural flow of divine energy through their life. When that flow is blocked or corrupted, every area of life begins to suffer.

Curses are not limited to any one culture or religion. They appear in every spiritual tradition on earth — from the evil eye in Jewish and Mediterranean cultures, to root work in African American tradition, to black magic in South Asian and Latin American practice. The mechanism is the same regardless of the name.

How Do You Know If You Have Been Cursed?

The challenge with curses is that their symptoms overlap with ordinary hardship. Everyone experiences bad luck sometimes. Everyone goes through difficult periods. What distinguishes a curse from ordinary misfortune is the pattern — specifically the persistence, the simultaneity, and the inexplicability of the suffering.

Here are the 13 signs to look for.

13 Signs Someone Put a Curse on You

1. Sudden and Unexplained Bad Luck

One piece of bad luck is life. Two pieces is coincidence. But when misfortune follows you relentlessly across every area of your life at the same time — finances, relationships, health, career — and nothing you do changes it, that is a pattern worth examining.

The key word here is sudden. Cursed individuals often describe a clear before and after. Life was functioning normally and then something shifted. They can often identify the approximate time it began, and frequently they can identify the person who may have wished them harm around that same time.

2. Persistent Financial Loss With No Logical Cause

Money disappears without explanation. Opportunities collapse at the last moment. Businesses fail despite strong fundamentals. Jobs are lost for reasons that make no sense. Unexpected expenses arise constantly.

In Kabbalistic teaching, financial flow is directly connected to the channel of divine abundance. When that channel is blocked through a curse or evil eye, money cannot hold in a person’s life regardless of how hard they work or how smart their decisions are.

3. Sudden Health Problems With No Medical Explanation

Doctors run every test and find nothing. Yet the person feels consistently unwell — chronic fatigue, unexplained pain, persistent illness, a heaviness in the body that never lifts. Sleep brings no restoration.

This is one of the most common signs I see in clients who have been cursed. The body is an energy system before it is a physical one. When the energetic body is attacked, the physical body eventually reflects that attack.

4. Relationship Breakdown Across the Board

Marriages end. Friendships dissolve. Family members turn against each other without cause. New relationships begin with promise and collapse quickly. The person finds themselves increasingly isolated despite genuine efforts to connect.

A curse targeting someone’s relationships works by distorting the energy they project outward, causing others to unconsciously pull away or turn hostile. The cursed person often cannot understand why people who once loved them have changed.

5. Recurring Nightmares and Disturbed Sleep

Dreams of being chased, attacked, trapped, or harmed by shadowy figures. Waking in the night with a feeling of dread or presence. Sleep paralysis. Waking exhausted regardless of how many hours were slept.

The sleep state is when our energetic defenses are most relaxed. Negative energy attached to a person’s field becomes most active during this window, which is why disturbed sleep is one of the earliest and most consistent signs of a curse.

6. Seeing or Sensing Dark Presences

Shadows in peripheral vision. A feeling of being watched or followed. Sensing a presence in rooms that others do not feel. Animals behaving strangely around you, particularly dogs that growl or cats that refuse to approach.

These are not always signs of a curse but when they appear alongside other symptoms on this list they carry significant weight. The energetic intrusion of a curse can sometimes be perceived by sensitive individuals and by animals.

7. Sudden Change in Personality or Mood

Uncharacteristic depression, rage, or anxiety that arrived suddenly and will not lift regardless of circumstance. Thoughts that do not feel like your own. Impulses toward self-destruction that are completely out of character.

A powerful curse can affect not just a person’s circumstances but their inner state. When foreign energy attaches deeply to the auric field it can begin to influence thoughts and emotions from within.

8. Objects Breaking Around You Repeatedly

Electronics fail constantly. Glass breaks. Mechanical things stop working without explanation. This is sometimes dismissed as coincidence but in energy work it is understood that a severely disrupted personal energy field can affect the functioning of objects in the immediate environment.

9. Feeling Constantly Watched or Followed

A persistent sense of being observed, even in private. A feeling that someone is thinking about you intensely. Unexplained anxiety in spaces where you normally feel safe.

When someone is actively directing negative energy toward you — through jealousy, hatred, or deliberate cursing — that focused attention can be felt energetically even across great distances.

10. Plants and Animals Dying Around You

Plants that die despite proper care. Pets falling ill with no medical cause. Fish dying in tanks that are properly maintained. This is one of the more dramatic signs and one that clients frequently mention having dismissed before realizing the pattern.

Living things are sensitive to energy fields. A severely corrupted personal energy field can affect the vitality of life forms in close proximity.

11. Unexplained Infertility or Reproductive Problems

In many traditions curses are specifically targeted at a person’s lineage — their ability to have children, to sustain pregnancies, or to maintain healthy partnerships. If reproductive challenges have appeared suddenly alongside other signs on this list, this warrants serious attention.

12. Feeling That Your Life Is Blocked No Matter What You Do

Every door closes. Every effort comes to nothing. The right opportunities never materialize. Hard work produces no results. This pervasive sense of being blocked — as if an invisible wall stands between you and the life you are trying to build — is one of the defining experiences of a cursed person.

13. Knowing Someone Wishes You Harm

Sometimes the most reliable sign is the simplest one. You know someone in your life harbors deep jealousy, hatred, or resentment toward you. Perhaps a former partner. A business competitor. A family member consumed by envy. Perhaps someone performed a ritual against you or told others they wished you harm.

Trust that knowledge. Energy follows intention and sustained negative intention toward a specific person is itself a form of cursing even when no formal ritual is involved.

What To Do If You Recognize These Signs

The first step is honest assessment. Read through this list again and count how many signs apply to your situation. One or two signs appearing in isolation are not necessarily indicative of a curse. But five or more signs appearing simultaneously, particularly with a clear starting point, is a pattern that deserves serious attention.

Do not panic. A curse is not permanent. It is an energetic intrusion and like all intrusions it can be removed. I have worked with clients carrying curses that had been in place for years and in every case the removal was possible.

Do not attempt removal without expertise. There is a great deal of information online about DIY curse removal. Some of it is harmless. Some of it can worsen the situation by disturbing the attached energy without fully removing it or by leaving the person energetically open and unprotected after an incomplete clearing. Curse removal done correctly requires both the ability to locate and identify what is attached and the power to remove it completely and seal the field afterward.

Seek qualified help immediately. The longer a curse remains in place the deeper it embeds into the auric field and the more damage it causes across every area of life. What begins as financial difficulty can progress to health problems. What begins as relationship trouble can progress to complete isolation. Time matters.

How I Can Help You

My name is Uriel Maksumov. For over 25 years I have specialized in identifying and removing curses, evil eye, black magic, hexes, voodoo, and all forms of negative energy attachment. I work remotely with clients worldwide — no in-person session is required.

Every session begins with a full energetic assessment to identify exactly what is present in your field, where it originated, and how deeply it has embedded. From there I perform a complete removal and seal your energy field with protective frequencies to prevent reattachment.

My work is rooted in an 800-year family healing lineage and over 25 years of personal practice. I have worked with thousands of clients across the world, many of whom came to me after years of suffering with no explanation.

If you recognize yourself in the signs above, do not wait. The cost of inaction is measured in years of your life.

Book a session with Uriel here

You can also read what past clients have experienced on my testimonials page or explore my full range of healing services.

If you are unsure whether what you are experiencing is a curse or the evil eye, read my article on 13 signs you have the evil eye to compare your symptoms. You may also want to read about signs of black magic if the situation feels more severe.