Do you know any emotional vampires? People whose presence sucks all of your energy?

Answer 1

yes I do. there is a co-worker of mine...and of course a few people on here....who will remain nameless....but you know how you are!!!!

btw - not you, Steve....i just adore you!!

Answer 2

Narcissism. Yes, I knew one and still am trying to regain my life back from that persons influence. Bleed me dry. They are sick people that think they are perfect. Check out narcissists and angelfire. If you know an emotional vampire stay at least 20 feet if not 50 feet from them. Forget about being nice to these people because they will only take....take...and take. And the only reason that they want you in their life is to take it all. They don't love like a normal person....they see you as a extension of themselves so when they are loving on you it's actually masturbation on themselves. They want you to be as miserable as themselves and will make sure they destroy your life....and they do it a little at a time. They will find out what you want and slowly take it away from you. Don't give them any attention for this will feed them. Don't look into their eyes. Vampires are a result of a childhood gone bad. I didn't believe in them until 2 years ago. They made me physically sick.

Answer 3

I have been looking for a term to define me and thank you you provided it to me. I used to call myself a Dementor...

the truth, I am not an emotional vampire, i am always the party and the clown... but when I crash i crash hard, and i feel like being left alone and without any desire to laugh so the people that are used to having me to lift them up feel as though I suck out all of their energy... it sucks.

i do know a girl however that NEVER says anything positive, it's like:
-hello
- I am so pissed off, my gf etc etc

or other days she'd be like:
-hey how are you? i am having drama? and there is this dud at my shop that is stealing blah blah

if you don't care why did you ask???

If life is so bad... stay at home don't share the misery!

Answer 4

Yes. There are people who live off of the happiness of others or the attention of others - they need to have attention so they drown you in their negative issues and their drama. They may constantly have to tell you how much more successful they are - all these cravings they have are a huge downer for you and they cannot help the person doing the draining - their needs are psychological and they are desperate but you cannot fill their needs - ever. Avoid them - they need professional help. They can damage you and turn you heart to stone. They can leave you depressed or feeling abused. Just say no to emotional vampires.

Answer 5

OMG YES that is SO funny, i've never heard them called that--emotional vampires. it is SO TRUE. my bff & i call them blackholes and say the same thing--they suck the life out of you. i will have 2 tell her this. you've just given us a new term.

AND to answer your question, YES i know someone who was moving. she was married and her husband moved 500 miles away to make a lot more money, and instead of hiring a mover or at least NICELY asking people to help, she went about it like everyone OWED it to her. i went and helped (because i didn't know she was an emotional vampire at the time!) and all she did the whole time was tell me her last 5 years grievances about who did her wrong and WHY in the world aren't MORE PEOPLE HERE to HELP HER!? ....i was like, um, i'm beginning to understand why!!!

So.....LOL you've made my day.

Answer 6

God yes! My daughter in law is an emotional vampire. She blames everyone for her problems. I get so tired of listening to her blame my sister because her son is bad in school. How can that be? My sister has nothing to do with my DIL's child at all. She blames her parents because she has not high school education, but it was her, not her parents, that was so high all the time that she couldn't pay attention to anything. She blames me because my son (her husband) is in Iraq. I wish she would go home to her mommy and get off my back for a while.

Answer 7

Yes.. I have known many people like that... the problem is.... you do not know they are that vampire until after you have established a friendship...but by then.. you are a regular feeding ground.... and it is so hard to break the ties with a person like that...

They really will suck the life out of you... they are so emotionally draining to be around.

Answer 8

Yes I do!! I will not get specific, but I can tell you how I deal with them. There's this little thing called caller i.d. (for some reason their favorite form of communication seems to be the telephone)...I don't answer. As a matter of fact I make myself distant because it's not fair for one person to suck the life out of others. Life's too short.

Answer 9

One or two ... I wish I was a better person, but I just run away and hide when they show up.

Two friends of mine were the victims of a real emotional vampire stalker through Yahoo Answers.
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Answer 10

YES...one of my sorority sisters is an excessive, emotionally-needy *****.

She will suck the life out of a dry dish-rag.

So...when I got the opportunity to put an end to that friendship, that's what in the hell I did and I haven't looked back.

Answer 11

Yes. They Tend To Be "Highly Egotistical Religious People". I'm not implying that religious people do this, but I am implying that people who go about in an egotistical way. The ones who think they are somehow better than you. I live in Utah, where alot of people, primarily "Mormon" will display this sort of "I'm better than you" Attitude.