To ask if this anxious thought is me being unreasonable (I know it kinda is)

[joyfulten]

You can’t manifest negative things, right?
I hope all this talk of manifestation I see in self help books and online is a load of BS, tbh

My lovely mum was kindly paying for something as a gift for us, I was with her and she passed me her card as I had to order the item online. I was distracted, chatting to her and multi tasking and when putting in the expiry date I accidentally put in next month - despite the fact it didn’t actually expire until some time in 2027! I don’t know why but it entered my head to then worry something bad will happen to her next month.

Completely ridiculous writing it out but It’s unusual for me to think like that so I’m hoping it’s not some kind of premonition. I have been stressed lately if that makes a difference so hoping just symbolic of an overactive brain.

You’ve said it yourself - you’re already a bit stressed and this is just your mind producing an anxious worry to latch onto.

Manifesting really just means ‘practise positivity’ e.g. gratitude journals and being mindful of negative thought patterns and basically good, helpful mental health stuff. It’s just been dressed up in a woo-woo magical thinking crown. That bit’s not real. You can’t ‘manifest’ a bad thing to happen any more than you can ‘manifest’ a lottery win.

The expiry date is for the card, not your mother! Can you imagine if every expiry date related to the person who had the item?

Actually that’s true! Usually I wouldn’t think twice about that kind of thing I think it was just fatigue & stress today!