I’m not Hindu, so I would really appreciate help on this. Going to keep things short and anonymous, my girlfriend’s (22) parents were told that she needs to be super extra careful until her 23rd birthday because of bad karma from a previous life. They were told this about a year ago, but only told her today. She’s super stressed and worried now, making her anxiety way worse and because I’m not Hindu I don’t know how to comfort her.

My first instinct is to say don’t worry too much about it, because sometimes trying to avoid or fuck w these things can end up bringing them on anyway, like Oedipus’s prophecy (even though that’s Greek). This news from her parents has totally ruined her day, and I’m completely at a loss on how to help so I figured I’d ask y’all. How do I comfort her?