Energy Vampire

[Azrael]

I've realized more recently that I am in fact an energy vampire. This realization came about one day after a kid at my school committed suicide. Everyone was crying and holding each other while I stood beside them. Instead of feeling sad I felt energized by the strong emotions around me. It was after this time that I started to do experiments and realized that in fact, despite the fact that I'd never tried to make this happen, I was an energy vampire.

Soon I will be making a charm in order to stop this trait from occurring in me while I hold the charm. That way at least I can control when it does and doesn't happen. But the real issue of this thread is this.

I'd love any information on energy vampires that any can provide. Are you one? How do you feel about it? What are your theories on it? Any good books? Websites? Articles?

(As a side note, I do oh so love the feeling from drawing in energy however. Is this bad?)

[talus]

I've realized more recently that I am in fact an energy vampire. This realization came about one day after a kid at my school committed suicide. Everyone was crying and holding each other while I stood beside them. Instead of feeling sad I felt energized by the strong emotions around me.

That sounds more like testosterone and dopamine. When you absorb emotions you literally do just that. Thus in your example you also would have started crying. Beyond that there is also the "awakening" (in "vampire" terms) which you hadn't gone through. So I think it's safe to say that you are not what you think you are.

Soon I will be making a charm in order to stop this trait from occurring in me while I hold the charm. That way at least I can control when it does and doesn't happen.

ROFLMFAO

I'd love any information on energy vampires that any can provide. Are you one? How do you feel about it? What are your theories on it? Any good books? Websites? Articles?

Not for you, buddy. You're on your own.
Happy trails.

[Vashta]

Search for posts by Venefica, she's not been here in a while, but vampirism and life extension were her big areas of interest.

I'm not sure if I can help, I used to believe that I was an energy vampire, but that was a long time ago. I guess what convinced me was one day I was in a coffee shop with my friends, and I was really tired, exhausted. The mood in there was getting to a steady downwards angle. My friends told me I was "like a vortex", sucking the life out of them without me opening my mouth, and asked me to go home to bed. So, I believe it's possible still, lol.

I don't think I am one today, either because of the ritual I did years back to bind myself to only draw energy from things bigger than people (yes, I took it all quite seriously then ), or because that simply isn't the mechanism that produces the effects that lead you to believe it's a vampirism thing.

I've since come to believe that all power comes from within, all power is the same power, and even when you think you're sucking the life out of someone you're more probably channeling them from within. Maybe food for thought

[Kalcolindo]

Try controlling your intake, charms can be a good start, but you may want to explore your vampirism.
I have a slight recall that hematite lowers vampiric intake.

There are many sites out there for vampires, just google it.

[Q789]

IMHO, a vampire is a dickhead, an arsehole, it is part of his character- if this is the case, then it is here that you need to start. A vampire stuffs people around, he has no respect, he deliberately pisses people off so as to steal pain/energy. Are you sure this is you?

Or maybe you just don't feel pain in the same way? Aspergers? i ask, well for a start, a real asshole would not come here are ask.

Q

[Kalcolindo]

IMHO, a vampire is a dickhead, an arsehole, it is part of his character- if this is the case, then it is here that you need to start. A vampire stuffs people around, he has no respect, he deliberately pisses people off so as to steal pain/energy. Are you sure this is you?

Or maybe you just don't feel pain in the same way? Aspergers? i ask, well for a start, a real asshole would not come here are ask.

Q

Vampires are simply predators, true, pissing someone off is a simple way to squeeze out energy, but there are many other ways.
Angering the prey to get your feed is like hitting a TV to fix it, brute force due to lack of understanding.

Vampirism is also something anyone can do with some basic understanding in energy manipulation, but some beings must drain energy to keep their stability either due to a flaw in the construct or because the soul demands a high amount of energy to operate properly.

Anger is one way to gain energy, happiness is another.
Most strong emotions seem to work.