Run of bad luck :( when will it get better

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I don't really know what the point of this thread is as there's not much can be done about it. But I'm having such bad luck lately. Like really bad luck. It's been one thing after another. Without giving too many details away, in the past few weeks alone we've had a death in the family, a trip to A&E because of a horrible accident, I've been diagnosed with a rare condition and need surgery, my dad and child are ill on antibiotics, a major incident happened at work, a family dog PTS, and a huge bill for urgent repairs to our house that we can't afford. Lots of other small annoying things that make day to day life just miserable too.

I know you are meant to stay positive etc etc and normally I'm very easy going. But this last month it feels like I'm being shat on over and over and over. Maybe I'm cursed or someone has a voodoo doll of me they are sticking pins into.

Has anyone managed to turn their luck around or is there anything I can do to bring good luck? I'm literally desperate to try anything!!

Gosh I had a run of horrible things like that a few years ago. It felt like the whole world was collapsing.

Most of the things resolved with time. They were horrible but we survived. You will get through it and out the other side. It's just gonna take a lot of inner strength. Don't be afraid to ask for help xxx

I've always found accepting that there are some things outside of your control helps to let them go. They will run their course whether or not you stress about it.

Other stuff, break it down and chip away at it. As you start to make progress, not only does it diminish, but you can see a way forward. Having something to aim towards can be helpful mentally.

Ask for help and hold your loved ones close. Sometimes life is shit and all you can do is hang on to hope. This will pass. Things change, life is never constant. 💐

Tried to go on a nice walk on boxing day. Ended up standing in dog shit. Just sums it up really.

So sorry for your loss and all the other horrible things OP.

Usually these things naturally space themselves out a bit so you've been very unlucky. To be very blunt, most of the bad shit that you had lined up has fallen at the same time, but now it's happened the likelihood is that you'll have a run without too much bad luck now.

What you need to be careful of is confirmation bias. If you believe you're stuck in a period of bad luck you'll notice all the bad stuff more than usual (the dog shit for example). If you can convince yourself that you've got the bad out of the way and make a very conscious effort to note all the good then you'll feel better. I do appreciate that's not so easy to do but it helped when I had a similar period of disaster after disaster!

I used to do a gratitude journal to look at the positives. I might start that again.
I can normally cope with bad things happening if just a one off. But when it's one thing after another you just feel like screaming "just give me a break for god's sake"!!