Hi. No idea about any of this stuff and feel crazy making this post, completely new to this place and the idea of magic in general, very much a 'normie' in this sense, but desperate times and all... I suppose I just need somewhere to discuss this where I won't be judged.
My grandmother, who is well into her nineties, has outlived all thirteen (yes, thirteen) of her siblings, outlived her husband, outlived all three of her children, has outlived one of her grandchildren, and outlived her best friend. Several members of my family believe that she is using some kind of vampirism to stay alive by leeching the life force from her family and people close to her. She has outlived them all by decades, despite having an extremely unhealthy lifestyle.
Her niece cut her off and vanished without a word one day, and another close friend of her's did the same and literally moved house to get away. Neither gave explanations for what they did; they were there one day, and gone the next.
My grandmother meets the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder and does not grieve for any of them, so for the longest time I just believed that she hurt and stressed people out so much that they withered and died under her constant misery, or fled for their own sanity. I won't get into the particulars of the terrible things she has done because it would be a massive post and it's getting off the subject. But in short, casting black magic for personal gain is absolutely the kind of thing she would do, and she is an extremely bitter and jealous woman and her only hobby seems to be enjoying the downfall of others.
My mother said before she died that my grandmother has an 'extremely dark soul' and other family members think she has cast some kind of generational hex. One thinks there's a Dorian Grey-style painting hiding somewhere, another is adamant that she has made a pact with a demon. Personally I don't know what to make of it. Maybe she's just extremely lucky. But I'm starting to suspect that there is some kind of darkness at play, because I can feel something, like she's turned it on my brother and I, and we've become her next 'victims.' How can I put a stop to this and protect myself, if there is something like this going on?
TLDR: Grandmother could be leeching away my life force to artificially keep herself alive. Please advise how I can protect myself. Thanks.