Signs of entity attachment and what to do about it

Welcome back to another post in our ongoing series about entities, psychic attacks, attachments, and protection. Today we’re continuing our deep dive into entity attachments—how to recognize the signs and symptoms, and most importantly, what you can do if you sense this is happening to you or a loved one.

If you haven’t yet read the previous posts on spirit guides, familiar spirits, lower astral entities, and the open doorways that lead to attachments, please go back and start there. This post builds on that foundation.

What are the signs of entity attachment?

Entity attachments often express themselves in ways that people mistake as “just part of life” or even as personal failure. But the truth is that many people are dealing with something external—something energetic—that is influencing their thoughts, behaviors, and feelings.

Here are common signs of attachment:

• Addictions that override your will
• Compulsive, repetitive thoughts that don’t feel quite like you
• Sudden mood shifts or anxiety after certain environments or interactions
• Obsessive-compulsive behaviors
• Mystery illnesses or unexplained fatigue
• Sexual perversion or intrusive sexual dreams
• Feelings of being watched, drained, or mentally overwhelmed
• Depression or suicidal ideation

Sometimes people feel a strong pull toward substances, a toxic relationship, or a habit that seems to have a hold over them. Sometimes they feel physical sensations of a being moving in or out of their body—through ears, nose, mouth, or other openings. These experiences are real, and they are more common than you might think.

In journey work, I’ve seen entities as:

• Snakes coiled around the body
• Creatures sitting on someone’s back or chest
• Ancestral chains wrapping around the aura
• Metallic implants, daggers, or knives stuck in the back or heart
• Critters, spiders, or even constructs in the field

Sometimes these are literal. Sometimes symbolic. But either way, they show what’s operating energetically.

The spiral of attachment

Attachments don’t tend to stay isolated. Once there’s one, it often opens the door for others.

Take coffee or sugar—two “normalized” substances. If your body is sensitive, these can easily open portals. You feel an artificial spike of energy (which is really a withdrawal from your own reserves), and in comes the spirit of anxiety. Maybe that triggers the spirit of perfectionism. Then comes a compulsive need to be productive, and it spirals from there.

The most common entry points are:

• Alcohol and drugs
• Sexual energy
• Occult or spiritual practices involving divination or spirit contact

What makes these particularly potent is not just the act itself, but the ongoing relationship we have with the attachment. Thinking about the substance. Planning to use it. Feeling guilt afterward. That entire cycle is feeding the entity with energy.

Even inaction can be a form of sacrifice. Shame and guilt also fuel the attachment. You’re never just dealing with the surface behavior. There’s an entire energy system behind it.

How attachments trick us

Entities can’t force you to act. But they can project thoughts, urges, and emotional compulsions onto your system in a way that makes them feel like your own.

That urge to binge? It’s not just about food. It’s about escaping the pressure of the urge itself, which was never yours to begin with. That’s why people often describe feeling like they’re “just trying to get rid of it”—not because they want to overeat or overdrink, but because they’re exhausted by the pull.

This is where the free will comes in. You always have a choice. But you need tools and support to make that choice from a grounded, empowered place.

What to do if you’re dealing with an attachment

Here are some essential steps:

1. Pause and observe the energy

Instead of acting on the urge, pause. Close your eyes. Start to describe what you’re feeling, without judgment or interpretation. Keep it simple. For example: “There’s a fast, itchy heat moving up my back. It feels chaotic.” Keep describing until you feel the energy slow down.

What you’re doing is interrupting the pattern and helping your energy body draw the projection back through the portal it came from. This begins to close the access point.

2. Name the issue without judgment

You don’t need to know the spirit’s name or background. Simply identify the pattern with self-compassion. Recognize that it is not you. And you are not broken. You are being influenced.

3. Do atonement

I have a full blog post and podcast episode on this. Atonement is the process of offering the pattern, memory, or behavior to Creator for cleansing. This is how the records that justify the entity’s access get destroyed. Atonement removes the entity’s legal ground. You can do this multiple times for different aspects of an issue. And yes—do it for the shame too.

4. Never talk to spirits

Never engage, argue, or try to reason with a spirit. That keeps it around. Don’t ask for its name. Don’t negotiate. Cut it off.

5. Anoint yourself and your space

Use sacred oil to seal your field, your home, and especially any objects that may have a spiritual charge. If you need to dispose of something, anoint it first. Do not give away items with attachments.

6. Fast or remove triggers

If something has become a source of repeated engagement, take space from it. Whether it’s a substance, habit, or environment—withdraw to allow your system to recalibrate.

7. Work with someone you trust

If you’re not sure how to navigate this, find someone strong in their spiritual authority who can help you. This is what we do in The Way Circle and in my one-on-one work.

Expect resistance

When you begin to disconnect, the entities may fight back. They may show up in dreams. You may feel sudden urges. Or the person who was connected to that attachment—an ex, for example—may call or show up.

This is a good sign. It means the detachment is working. Hold the line.

But remember: once the energetic bond is broken, it still takes discipline to say no. The behavioral habit might still be familiar, even if the energetic pressure is gone.

With love,
Jessica