Why some people believe in superstitions?

To some people, having a superstition is a way to follow a pattern, like believing that if you want prosperity you need to use white clothes on the new year's eve to reach it. Of course that some person think that this is bullshit, but others think that if you don't do some sort of ritual to get something in life, you will not get it.

Can belief in superstitions be considered healthy for the individual?

Sometimes yes, but when someone makes rituals or superstitions to get everything in life, it may be considered bad. The person may be "blind" to the real life and really believe that you only get something that you want if you do something (superstitious) to get it.

Some superstitious people, are ashamed to declare that they are superstitious. They make hidden things, like cross fingers when nobody is looking and even say that superstitions are silly things.

I really think that some superstitions are nice and brings some kind of hope to the person. Just don't miss all your life making superstitions and believing in every single one of them. ☺✌☺

The 3 most popular superstitions

We have many popular superstitions like bad luck in Friday thirteenth or luck by finding a four-leaf clover. But are these superstitions true? Or are they just silly things?

Let's see a list with (being silly or not) the 3 most popular superstitions.

1. FIND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER WILL GIVE YOU GOOD LUCK

Being one of the most popular superstition, it says that if you find a four-leaf clover, it means that good luck is coming. And you can double your chances of this happening by giving it to someone else.

2. BREAK A MIRROR WILL BRING YOU SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK

The title says it itself. A broken mirror brings seven years of bad luck. The Romans, along with the Greeks, Chinese, Africans and Indians, believed that a mirror had the power to confiscate part of the user's soul. If the user's reflected image became distorted in any way, this could mean a corruption of his or her soul.

3. FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS AN UNLUCKY DAY

One of the most popular superstitions. Says that Friday thirteenth brings bad luck for everyone, then it would be better to stay home on this day. Friday has long been considered an unlucky day (according to Christian tradition, Jesus died on a Friday), and 13 has a long history as an unlucky number. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina, about 17 million people fear Friday the 13th.

So what do you think? Are these superstitions really true? Or are they just silly things that doesn't exist?