5 Signs You’re In a Karmic Contract (And How to Break It)

by Yora Mitsakos

Let’s cut the spiritual fluff and get to the real work.

Karmic contracts are not some romantic, starry-eyed soul pacts sent to make you feel good. They’re more like cosmic assignments written in invisible ink. They show up to wake you up. To press on your bruises. To pull the truth out of your bones, whether you’re ready or not.

Most of them aren’t meant to last. They're meant to teach. To mirror. To trigger your remembrance. And the moment the lesson lands, the contract loses its grip.

But most people don’t even know they’re in one. That’s the trap.

Let’s change that.

Here are five signs you’re entangled in a karmic contract, and what it takes to burn the damn thing clean.

1. You feel addicted to someone who drains you

It pulls you in. Even when you know better. There’s heat. Intensity. A rush that feels like fate. But then your energy crashes. Your clarity disappears. You feel like a version of yourself that’s somehow smaller.

This is not love. It’s not soul recognition. It’s energetic binding. And it’s designed to force you into reclaiming every last piece of yourself you handed over.

You break it by taking your power back, fully. Not just cutting cords. Not just deleting the number. You call your spirit home. You sit with the part of you that stayed hooked and you tell it the truth. We’re not here to bleed for people anymore.

2. The same lesson keeps showing up in different costumes

You think you’ve moved on. New person, new setting, new story. But here it comes again. The same emotional pattern. The same wound dressed in a slightly trendier outfit. You keep ending up in the same damn loop.

That’s not just bad luck. That’s karma holding up a mirror until you finally see what you’ve been avoiding.

You break it by interrupting the cycle. By catching yourself mid-pattern and doing something wildly different. You stop playing the role. You stop waiting for the other person to get it. You integrate the lesson and walk out of the maze.

3. They hold a version of you hostage

You’re evolving. You’re doing the work. You feel clear when you’re alone. Then you see them, and suddenly you collapse into your old identity. You shrink. You forget what you know.

That’s a karmic tie. They’re still in relationship with a version of you that no longer exists. And if you’re not careful, you’ll start performing her again just to maintain the connection.

You break it by reclaiming your current frequency. You update the contract in real time. You don’t beg to be seen. You stand so fully in who you are now that the old energetic agreement shatters on contact.

4. The relationship feels like spiritual debt

You always feel like you owe something. Your time. Your energy. Your presence. Or maybe you’re the one keeping score, holding receipts from ten lifetimes ago. There’s no clean give and receive. Just obligation. Just emotional IOUs that never balance out.

This is classic karmic entanglement. You’re not in love. You’re in debt.

You break it by clearing the ledger. You speak it out loud. You write the letter. You forgive, not to absolve, but to sever. I release you. I release me. I claim my freedom and return yours. May we be sovereign in every realm.

5. You can’t let go even when you know it’s over

You’ve tried. You’ve blocked. You’ve saged. You’ve prayed. But they still haunt your thoughts. They show up in your dreams. Their name echoes in your body like an old song you wish you could forget.

You are not broken. You’re just still holding a spiritual contract that hasn’t been formally closed. It’s not about the person anymore. It’s about the lesson still lingering in your field.

You break it through ritual. You burn the story. You bury what needs to die. You close the loop with presence, not avoidance. You say this is complete. Not from pain. From truth. From power.

Here’s the thing

Not all karmic contracts are punishment. Some come to initiate you. Some hold your sacred fire hostage until you’re ready to claim it. But none of them are meant to bind you forever.

Your soul remembers how to end this. You just have to choose it.

You’re not here to perform spiritual servitude. You’re here to walk in sovereignty. Clean. Whole. Unshackled.

When you’re ready to break the old vows and activate a new frequency, your entire field shifts. Your relationships change. Your timeline opens.

The contract ends the moment you remember who you are.

If you want help identifying and clearing your karmic ties, I do this work deeply beginning by delving into your Soul Blueprint. Your soul already wrote the map. I just help you read it.

Let’s cut the contract and activate what’s next.

You were never meant to stay stuck. You were meant to rise.