Are you an energy vampire or have been drained by any?

One shoulde be particularly wary of vampyres when traversing the realme of Isitnormalia, as I have been informede that these landes are bristling with such beastes! Luckilye, my towne has recently slaine a certaine Mary Blusterfordshire, whom we had all expected of vampyrisme.

Signed,

Sir Reginald Fisticuffs III

I don't hang out with them, those guys literally suck.

pinch me on the buns.

No. I'm one of the blood sucking vampires. Energy vampires don't exist.

I've been drained by one before. It's alright though, I staked her:P

Oh, fuck yeah.
My Aunt is one of those energy vampires.

Her husband buys her a $40,000 SUV, she complains that it is not brand new and that it's not the XLT version.

Her husband buys her a beautiful Mustang convertible, she complains that it is too low to the ground, and she likes her SUV better (even though she asked for the Mustang).

Her husband asks her to clean the house/cook him dinner, she complains that he is chauvanistic, even though most housewives know that this is their job. It's called "homemaking" for a reason.

All she does it complain. We go on vacation and she complains that she can't go in the pool because the water is too cold. She complains that she can't leave the house because there might be traffic outside. She is always depressed and always sleeping and when I come into the house happy and bouncy she shuts me down with a "well I'm glad that YOU'RE having such a good day, I'm depressed, tired, my back hurts, my husband won't buy me anymore brownies, my kid is driving me crazy and he wants to play but I need to call the doctor to get his meds refilled because I want him out of my hair" and it goes on.

She is the main reason I moved out.

Cynicism?

My sister is one. She usually cannot affect me the way she does other people though... not sure why. I think mostly she ends up taking my negative energy, which pretty much bites her in the ass. lol. However, we got in an argument through text the other day and I was left emotionless the remainder of the day. I wasn't angry, sad, or anything. But I couldn't be happy either. And a couple times, I'd say she's given me some of her energy. Either way, when she tries to use this against me it never works out to her advantage. 'Tis a strange phenomenon, really.

Even still, I think we need these vampires in our lives. Maybe not all the time, but they do have a purpose, all the same.

You fucking idiot

I think my brother is. He has a tendency to make everyone weak when they come around him. Plus, he's got this awkward stare.

Somehow I always seem to end up around those people. Most of them are such good actors that you don't realize it until you're pretty much screwed.

it's just bad karma being around some people. I noticed that a couple of times, and since then try to avoid people who give me that feeling.

we arent NEGATIVE ALLLLL the time... we well I just have a dark sense of humor and will always expect the worst but hope for the best....drianing sometimes we (I) just do it without noticing thats when i feel comfortable with some one else but then again if you "drain" some one who is negative...a negative and another do not make a positive lol...but its fun :) altho i never really would concider myself a vamp i just have a natural gift with people lol

Is that when someone drains someone elses positivity away completely? If so, I have done it quite a few times. Most of them deserved it, though, although I have done it to people that didn't deserve it.

I'm extremely empathetic and have a few friends who are energy vampires. For the most part, I get along fine with them. Most of my vampire friends are pretty good at controlling their own energy, so they don't just drain me by walking into the room. There's one girl, though, who started out as a friend, but things started spiraling downward and now I need to mentally and emotionally prep myself for any form of contact with her. If we talk, she doesn't even need to get a full sentence out before I feel totally drained. This may be more about my personal non-vampire-related issues with her, though.

I do seem to get stuck with them. It takes me longer to realise than other people and then I just don't like to be rude. I've been getting much better at getting away, though, by making ridiculous excuses that people don't know whether to believe (inspired by Mira Sorvino: "Would you excuse me? My shoe is filling up with blood").

Fuck this post!

i think being an energy vampire is related to being empathic, it's like the negative version of it. i think most bipolar people have the potential to be vampires and need to be aware of this. you can learn ways to protect yourself with meditation or just shut the person down with words. best to just avoid them, or if you really think they have the potential to change talk to them about it. it's not right for people not to be able to deal with shit and steal everyone else's happiness because they can't find their own then it just disappears again because they're so damned negative.

what does it feel like to be next to one? How does it feel to have your energy drained?

I have known a few. It's the ones who don't know what they're doing you have to watch out for.

I know someone kinda like that. And I actually worry if I can be like that sometimes too. :/

I looked up the term and I still can't tell whether it's just a description of a certain personality type, or whether people are actually talking about supernatural energy-suckers.