Real or Superstitious ? scared to death ??plzz?

I'm scared of bad thoughts and superstition candles so my therapist told me to light a candle and say things that I'm scared of to get over my fear and to see that its not true so he made me say things like curse my relationships etc...then few days later my bf calls and tells me his mom has cancer and its not a good time for him to be in a relationship he's stressed etc?? Hell did the candles do this or its a coincidence because I think the mom had something? What can I do