What is a Psychic Attack? Signs and How to Protect Your Energy

In the realm of spiritual healing and the pursuit of energetic balance, it is vital to understand the numerous factors that may affect our energetic well-being.

Some of these factors are obvious, like feeling energetically weighed down after a difficult situation, or how we absorb negativity from a dense place. 

However, other factors are harder to detect and can cause a lot of harm without us being aware of them. One of these factors is a psychic attack, a major (and often subtle) disturbance of our energetic field. 

Recognizing and addressing psychic attacks is crucial for maintaining energetic sovereignty. This article will explore common signs of a psychic attack and how to protect oneself against them.

What is a Psychic Attack?

A psychic attack is negative energy directed toward you when another person’s projections, intentions, or judgments affect your energy field or subconscious mind. 

This isn’t always conscious or malicious—it can be subtle, such as someone doubting you, resenting you, or energetically imposing limiting beliefs.

However, psychic attacks can affect your emotional, mental, or physical well-being. It’s vital to acknowledge them and address them. 

Recognizing the Signs of a Psychic Attack

A psychic attack affects your well-being at different levels.

Emotional Indicators

Some emotional signs of a psychic attack include sudden mood swings, anxiety, or depression without a clear cause. Feelings of fear, paranoia, or being watched are also common. These signs occur because psychic attacks affect your emotional body.

Mental Indicators

Intrusive thoughts or mental fog, as well as persistent negative thinking patterns, are frequent during a psychic attack, especially if they are very sudden or occur without a clear cause.

Physical Indicators

The effects of a psychic attack resonate at all levels, including the physical body. This often comes in the form of unexplained fatigue or energy drain. Other symptoms include headaches, body aches, and other physical discomforts and pain, especially when they lack a medical explanation.

Spiritual Indicators

If you are usually a very spiritual and intuitive person, you may suddenly feel very disconnected from your spiritual practice. Disturbing dreams or nightmares are another common consequence.

Common Sources and Types of Psychic Attacks

Psychic attacks come in different forms, both consciously and unconsciously.

Thought Projections

Mental energy is a powerful force. When one directs negative thoughts or emotions towards another person, they can cause harm depending on how intense those thought projections are.  

This may be conscious or unconscious. The simple act of someone having a negative thought about you can direct that energy towards your auric field. The more negative thoughts that person has, the stronger the effect.

Energy Vampirism

An energetic vampire is someone who drains your energy through constant negativity or neediness. When you get close to these individuals, you feel weighed down or as if your energy levels are drained. It’s similar to the concept of “toxic people,” and both terms are used interchangeably.

Curses and Hexes

This group includes all forms of Intentional rituals and witchcraft activities aimed at causing harm. They are often done to get revenge. 

You can be affected by these curses, even if you are not the direct target. For instance, by walking past a place where black magic spells have been performed. If you don’t have an energetic shield, that negative energy might “stick” to you. 

Psychic Cording

Energetic attachments with others are invisible connections that can drain your energy. These are established when you create a meaningful interaction (good or bad) with another person.

These attachments are not necessarily bad, but they need to be cut off when they drain your energy and make you feel burdened.

Environmental Factors

Your surroundings play a major role in your energetic well-being. These environmental factors include the negativity present in certain locations or objects.​

Think of your aura as a sponge that absorbs the energy of other people and places. When you are not properly shielded against negativity, it is easy to suck up the surrounding energy.

The Importance of Energetic Protection

Wellbeing comes from balance at all levels—physical, emotional, mental, energetic, and spiritual. We often prioritize our physical health but neglect our energetic and spiritual balance. As a result, we experience a myriad of problems at other levels. 

In this sense, maintaining our energetic well-being is vital, and we must do our best to address anything that blocks it. Remember, protecting your energy is an act of self-love and empowerment.

You don’t need to wait to experience a psychic attack. Preventive measures are crucial, since regular energetic hygiene can keep you shielded.

Energetic protection is not about fear—it’s about self-respect and sovereignty. The most powerful protection stems from inner strength.

Visualization Technique for Energy Protection

Visualization exercises offer a powerful tool to address psychological attacks and shield your energy.

Step 1: Grounding and Body Scan

As in most practices of energy healing, the first step is to ground and tune into your body. Sit or lie down comfortably and center yourself with breathwork.

Scan your body mentally from head to toe to identify any areas of tension, discomfort, or energetic disturbances.

You may also visualize roots that connect your body to the earth, anchoring you. 

Step 2: Cutting Energetic Cords

Through your body scan, identify any cords or attachments that are draining your energy. Then, visualize a beam of light that severs these cords. You can also imagine a sword or dagger.

Use an affirmation or words of power as a spell of protection: "I release all energies that do not serve my highest good.”

Step 3: Invoking Divine Light

Now, invoke a higher power by imagining a divine, brilliant light that descends from Heaven and covers your head, descending even more to envelop your entire body. 

Feel how this ethereal beam, as a representation of the Divine, restores and protects you. Feel how it fills every cell and reestablishes vitality and balance.

Step 4: Sealing the Aura

Finally, seal your aura by visualizing a protective shield around your body, shimmering with life. Invoke the Divine again to receive protection and transmute any negativity that harms your aura.

Additional Protective Practices

Daily Grounding

Grounding allows you to live in the present moment, in a state of flow and conscious awareness.

In this state of balance, you are less likely to absorb negativity and are naturally shielded against negative intention and evil eye. Spend time in nature to connect with your body and ground yourself.

Use of Crystals

Crystals are powerful allies in the spiritual journey. Choose the crystal that resonates with you, set an intention of protection, and carry it everywhere you go. If possible, look for protective stones like black tourmaline or obsidian.

Smudging

Cleanse your space (and yourself) with sacred herbs that dissolve negativity and possible psychic attacks. Consider sage, palo santo, rosemary, rue, and wormwood.

Regular Meditation

Meditation creates an aura of harmony and divine light around your body. A consistent meditation practice strengthens this energetic field and makes one immune to psychic attacks and negative energies.

Final Thoughts on Psychic Attacks

Your energy is an extension of who you are. When your energetic field is weighed down, it affects you at all levels. Recognizing and addressing psychic attacks empowers you to take control of your energy.

Regular energy healing and spiritual protection practices are vital for long-term well-being and alignment. Embrace them and let them be your weapons in your healing journey. 

If you’re ready to move beyond merely surviving and embrace a life of alignment and peace, I invite you to book a complimentary spiritual consultation, where I’ll personally tune into your energy and guide you.