Psychic Vampires: How To Protect Yourself

Oh yes, they are very real...

Do you ever feel unexpectedly drained for no apparent reason? Like the energy and life has been sucked out of the entire atmosphere of a room with no logical explanation?

If so, you might be dealing with a psychic vampire... When you hear the term psychic vampire for the first time, you might picture a blood-sucking demon. The reality of what they are is much less exciting and extreme, but they can still affect you just as severely. Also known as energy vampires, psychic vampires are people who quite simply suck the energy out of a room. You’ll know you’ve encountered a psychic vampire or an energy vampire when a warm, lively vibe suddenly goes cold, quiet, and depressing.

You also may begin to feel exhausted for no apparent reason and want to leave the space you are in. This is a natural reaction because your subconscious is trying to remove you from the negative influence.

1-Opinions Are Fact

Energy vampires believe that their opinions matter, and that they are always correct. They may even treat their opinions like fact. Energy vampires don’t think about the consequences of what they say.

2-Endlessly complain about problems

Take a look at all your relationships with others and recall your latest conversations. Are they always complaint sessions? If this is the case, try to look at the bright side and talk about things that are empowering for both you and your friend.

3. Uses guilt to get what they want

Most of us like to use guilt as a weapon to get what we want. If someone does this all the time, people around them may feel energy being taken away from them. They need to make others feel guilty to justify what they do, feel good about themself or achieve a certain goal, are using a form of emotional manipulation that takes energy out from other people.

4. Always a Pity Party

They get into a fight with their significant other and post vivid details about it on social media, making them appear like the martyr... Psy-vamps playing the victim is basically asking other people to lift them up by using their own energy. How long do you think people can continue to do that before they feel drained? 

5. Always the star of everything

Many energy vampires think of themselves as stars of their own show. A sure sign is that they always make everything about them.

6. They like to spread fear

Energy vampires like to spread fear. Conspiracy stories, economic failings, terrorist attacks, the end of the world – these are just a few things that they would talk about. People who do this like to carry fear around and share them to others who are willing to listen. They enjoy freaking-out and causing other people to freak out with them because it expends energy.

7. They always think they're right

These people don’t like to admit that they are wrong or follow directions from other people. When you do this, you block the flow of energy between you and your friends, killing the chance of energetic growth. Vampires may be intriguing and mysterious, especially in books and television, but energy vampires are not!

How To Protect Yourself From A Psychic Vampire

Here are some coping strategies you can use to minimize the effects they have on you.

• Don’t make more eye-contact than necessary: Sometimes, social customs make it impossible to avoid eye contact altogether, and that’s fine. But making prolonged eye contact with the energy vampire in your midst can be one of the biggest ways to lose energy fast. Don’t engage with them and what they are saying more than necessary.
• Set yourself a time limit: Value your time – don’t waste it on an energy vampire who doesn’t deserve it. There’s no reason for you to allow them to zap your energy and numb your brain for several hours. Decide how long you feel obligated to stay in their presence, and then remove yourself from the situation.
• Practice not reacting: It takes time to learn not to give into the effects of a psychic vampire, but it’s important. Your reactions are what the vampire feeds off. Don’t give them a reason to continue interacting. Learn to be neutral and carefully monitor overly negative or positive emotions. Learn to MEDITATE!
• Don’t contradict or argue: At the end of the day, you can’t change anyone – they can only change themselves. So, the more you are resisting their actions and beliefs, the more they will resist and drain you as a result.
• Be in a group: Being in a group of other grounded people will aid in decreasing how much effort you spend and attention you receive. Of course, these additional people much also not be psychic vampires.
• Lend an ear, not a voice: More often than not, these energy vampires just need someone to listen to them. But by responding to them, you’ll lose more energy. Keeping responses short with things like “How?” “When?” and “Why?” encourages them to keep the conversation running without much effort on your part. This will help to preserve your energy and possibly help them to feel better, too!
• Keep the conversation light: Avoid controversial or draining topics. By keeping the conversation light, you can maintain more of your energy. If the energy vampire is steering the conversation to darker topics, try and change the topic to something simple and light.
• Learn to MEDITATE! www.curestress.org