To believe in karma?

[Februaryblooms]

The past 6 years have been a series of horrible events one after the other. I wont harp on about everything that's happened but the amount of bad luck I've had is almost laughable.

AIBU to think I'm being dealt karma for past deeds? I'm 25 now and a relatively nice person so i'd say, but I was a horrible child from the ages of 12-16 (shit parental provisions not that it's any excuse) and can't help but think all of these occurrences one after the other is me reaping what I've sewn

AIBU to believe in karma, or is that a bit too 'woo?

I daren’t think what I must have done in a past life to karmically deserve the current one

You think that a child of 12 pays for their mistakes in adulthood

Be kind to yourself

No I don't. Seems like the nastier and more selfish you are, the better life you have.
I must have been Satan in a past life due to all the events I have experienced yet I know I am a kind, caring and good person. Seems if you are that way, you get all the crap in life and the nasty ones get all the good. 😐 Makes you question life massively

Yes, YABU. Karma is bullshit.

It's certainly bizarre because some of the cruellest people I know seem to waltz through life with no repercussions, regardless of what they do to others - yet some of us seem to get nothing but crap.

If it is karma then it's sure skipping some deserving candidates

I try to be non judgemental to 'little me' on account of being a child growing up in the environment that I did, but then think Jesus I was a horrible and that must be why I'm getting this end of the stick now.

I sort of believe in karma, but not in your situation. You admit you weren't a nice child but you're not a horrible person. No one deserves a lot of the shit they are dealt.

One of my closest friends is honestly the nicest person I know. In the past 18 months she has had no less than 7 traumatic life events (including infertility, health problems, bereavement, her mum diagnosed with terminal cancer) I can't think of anything she could have done to deserve that.

Sorry you're having a shitty time, but don't for one minute think it's because of anything you've done.

I don't believe in it.
I believe I'm a basically good person but I've had some really shitty luck (as in seriously awful).
I can't begin to see how I've brought that on myself, other than in the case of my marriage where I believed my XH to be someone other than he was.
I treat people the way that I would like to be treated.
There are people who seem to breeze through life, and also those who think a tiny crisis is a major disaster.
...and there are those people like me. I smile to myself and think I'm great at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! 😁

Yabu
Karma is all bollocks

I'd love to believe in karma but sadly it's a load of wooey bollocks.

The best thing you can do is lead by example: be as kind and empathetic as you can, which hopefully will inspire other people do ' do as you would be done by'
It's all we can do in this life. Be kind to yourself. Things will get better.

I do believe in karma, and yes 12-16 year olds can do despicable things. But things like karma and ‘bad luck’ are often self-inflicted with resilient people not experiencing the disbenefits to the same level as others - in your case and with your background it’s possible that you never learned how to be resilient during the key childhood years (eg many bullies don’t).

Some of the most horrible things seem to happen to the nicest people I know.